validation

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English

Etymology

From Middle French validation. Morphologically validate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

Noun

validation (countable and uncountable, plural validations)

  1. 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.
  2. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
  3. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.
  4. (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From valider +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

validation f (plural validations)

  1. validation

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