microaffirmation

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ affirmation

Noun

microaffirmation (plural microaffirmations)

1. A minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
   • 2013, Leta M. Beam, Take the Lead: Full-Throttle Engagement Powered by Coaching.: Everyday Leadership Series #1: Engagement., Hugo House Publishers, Ltd., →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2017, Greg Vass, Jacinta Maxwell, Sophie Rudolph, Kalervo N. Gulson, The Relationality of Race in Education Research, Routledge, →ISBN, page 79:

     […] 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  […]

   • 2019, An Xiao Mina, Memes to Movements: How the World's Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power, →ISBN, page 35:

     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.