different between approbative vs approbation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin approb?t?vus, from Latin approb? (“assert, accept, confirm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.???be?.t?v/, /??p???.be?.t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.???be?.t?v/, /??p?o??be?.t?v/

Adjective

approbative (comparative more approbative, superlative most approbative)

1. Expressing approval.

   Synonyms: approbatory, approving

   Antonyms: disapproving, pejorative, reprobative, reprobatory

   approbative criticism

   • 1792, John Pope, A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America, New York: Charles L. Woodward, 1888, p. 8,^[1]

     His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile.

   • 1895, Joseph Conrad, Almayer’s Folly, London: T. Fisher Unwin, Chapter 2, p. 33,^[2]

     […] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.

   • 2017, Joseph Epstein, “Jokes: A Genre of Thought,” Jewish Review of Books, Volume 7, No. 4, Winter 2017,^[3]

     An Irish friend then in his nineties once asked me if there were any Yiddish words that weren’t critical. I told him there must be some, though I did not know them. Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist.

2. Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
   • 1643, John Bramhall, The Serpent Salve, p. 22,^[4]

     And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them.

Derived terms

• approbatively
• approbativeness

Related terms

• approbate
• approbation
• approbatory

Translations

Noun

approbative (plural approbatives)

1. (linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.

See also

• laudative
• pejorative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p??.ba.tiv/
• Homophone: approbatives

Adjective

approbative

1. feminine singular of approbatif

English

Etymology

From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion (French approbation), from Latin approbatio, from approbare (“to assent to as good, approve, also show to be good, confirm”), from ad (“to”) + probare (“approve, commend”), from probus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.????be?.??n/, /?æp.???be?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.?o??be?.??n/, /?æp.???be?.??n/

Noun

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.
   • 1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, ch. 3:

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

Usage notes

• 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.
  (material dates from 1913)

Synonyms

• (act of approving): approval, concurrence, consent, liking, sanction
• See also Thesaurus:praise

Antonyms

• (act of approving): disapprobation

Related terms

Translations

See also

• approbation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• approbation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• approbation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• approbation at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin approb?ti?, approb?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p??.ba.sj??/

Noun

approbation f (plural approbations)

1. approval (permission)

Related terms

• approbateur

Further reading

• “approbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).