approbationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌæp.ɹəʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæp.ɹəˈbeɪ.ʃən/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌæp.ɹoʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæp.ɹəˈbeɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

approbation (countable and uncountable, plural approbations)

1. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.

   Synonyms: approval, concurrence, consent, liking, sanction; see also Thesaurus:praise

   Antonym: disapprobation

   • 1796, William Melmoth (tr.), The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks, 9th edition, page 20:

     I am very sensible how much nobler it is to place the reward of virtue in the silent approbation of one's own breast

   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:

     As a counsellor she was not wanted; but as an approver, (a much safer character,) she was truly welcome. Her approbation, at once general and minute, warm and incessant, could not but please; and for another half-hour they were all walking to and fro, between the different rooms, some suggesting, some attending, and all in happy enjoyment of the future.

   • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 286:

     [I]t was with the view to judge how far my own desires would act in harmony with the wishes of my family. Such an alliance cannot fail of meeting with their most flattering approbation.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     Many, therefore, who did not assent to all that the King had said, joined in a loud hum of approbation when he concluded.

   • 1871, Charles Darwin, “Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part I (On the Descent of Man), page 42:

     [A]nimals not only love, but have the desire to be loved. […] They love approbation or praise; […]

使用する際の注意点

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) makes the following comment:

Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive.

• We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.
• He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.
• The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.

関連する語

参考

• approbation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “approbation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “approbation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “approbation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.