seek acceptance

Frequency: 7.09.2 per million words

To try to be accepted.

acceptanceVERB + acceptance

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seek

Examples (10)

  • The group is now seeking formal acceptance into the international community.
  • Many adolescents seek acceptance from their peers to feel like they belong.
  • As an immigrant, he constantly sought acceptance in his new country.
  • The controversial artist continues to seek acceptance from the mainstream art world.
  • She decided she will no longer seek acceptance from people who don't value her.
  • Seeking acceptance is a natural human desire that drives social behavior.
  • If you constantly seek acceptance from others, you might lose your own identity.
  • The new technology must seek broad acceptance from a skeptical public to succeed.
  • Tired of trying to fit in, he decided to stop seeking the acceptance of others.
  • Why do so many people seek acceptance on social media through likes and shares?