Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In phrenology, ambition; love of praise or desire for fame; pride of character; sensitiveness to the opinions of others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being approbative.
- noun (Phren.) Love of approbation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
approbative .
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Examples
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There is a magnificent moral influence shown in the development of conscientiousness, approbativeness and caution.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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The young lady is admirably adapted to the stage, and if she would adopt that profession the very faculty of approbativeness would be her most powerful stimulus in ambition to excel.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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That is the sign of approbativeness, love of applause, compliments, desire to attract attention, etc.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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Miss Dix has one remarkable peculiarity -- undoubtedly remarkable in one of her sex which is said, and with truth -- to possess great approbativeness.
Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan
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To pose a worthy senator as Saint Paul, and a dashing lady of the Court as the Holy Virgin, was most gratifying to the phrenological development of approbativeness of the said senator and lady.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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Sometimes, though she would scarcely have confessed it, her husband's mere approbativeness had almost shocked her.
A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909
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The printer's lad was plainly not lacking in the bump of approbativeness, or the quality of self-assertiveness.
William Lloyd Garrison Grimke, Archibald H 1891
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The printer's lad was plainly not lacking in the bump of approbativeness, or the quality of self-assertiveness.
William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Archibald Henry Grimk�� 1889
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To pose a worthy senator as Saint Paul, and a dashing lady of the Court as the Holy Virgin, was most gratifying to the phrenological development of approbativeness of the said senator and lady.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Elbert Hubbard 1885
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I was greatly impressed when he remarked that I had a large bump of approbativeness and would sometime be an editor.
Confessions of Boyhood John Albee 1874
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