Meaning of microaffirmation | Babel Free

Definitions

A minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).

Examples

“Visualizing, using microaffirmations, (small ways in which you validate yourself and recognize that you are "perfect enough") and journaling are also excellent tools to help you to shed same-old, same-old habits and create and keep new ones.”

“[…] important and salient in some ways, an unintended consequence of the classroom practices was the deployment of the microaffirmation that 'good' White people do not need to develop a deeper critical awareness of themselves as raced […]”

“In 1973, economist Mary Rowe posited the idea of a microaffirmation, the small, often subconscious show of support for a marginalized person: smiles and nods, looking them in the eye when they're speaking, verbally acknowledging their work.”

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