validation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French validation. Morphologically validate + -ion
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
[edit]validation (countable and uncountable, plural validations)
- The act of validating something.
- 2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, “What is... jealousy?”, in Let's Talk About It, →ISBN, page 190:
- In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not.
- Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
- The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.
- (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of validating something
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something, such as a certificate, that validates something
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]validation f (plural validations)
Further reading
[edit]- “validation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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