microaffirmation

Noun

1. A minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
   • 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...
   • […] 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...
   • 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...