Approbativeness is an excessive eagerness to become the subject of approval or praise.
6-527: Not to be confused with Approbativeness . [REDACTED] Look up approbation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Approbation may refer to: Approbation (Catholic canon law) , an act in the Catholic Church by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry Approbation (Germany) ,
12-409: Is a term used to define the faculty or mental power associated with desires such as esteem, ambition, and superiority. Nowadays, approbativeness is often linked to the emotion of vanity, and, as such, is distinguished from self-esteem, which is linked to the emotion of pride. In psychology , approbativeness may be seen as an inordinate desire for applause and adulation, where the subject strives to be
18-497: The centre of attention, with a consequent sensitivity to criticism and blame. For example, Then think of the president’s skull, which is stuffed with other humours: insecurity, insincerity, victimhood, paranoia, mockery, self-delusion, suspicion, calculation, illogic, vindictiveness, risk, bullying, alimentiveness, approbativeness, vitativeness. Gall, divided into three parts. Rev. Charles Josiah Adams (1850-1924), in his book Where Is My Dog? Or, Is Man Alone Immortal? (1892), one of
24-646: The process of granting a medical license in Germany Royal approbation, the process by which the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons is confirmed by the sovereign in the United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Approbation Comics , an independent comic book company Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-460: The rare examples of the word's use, appears in a letter of 1829, from Helen Martineau , in which she comments on the figures in an embroidered fire-screen made by her youngest sister Isabella Higginson (1808-1860): The Gypsey is my most especial admiration, and no less James’s too, who says he hopes [Isabella] has not the organ of approbativeness , or woe betide her where she is an object of such unbounded praise. In phrenology , approbativeness
36-463: The title Approbation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Approbation&oldid=1217525773 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Approbativeness One of
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