invalidating
- adjective
- /ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪtɪŋ/
- Formal
- When a narcissist cheats it feels invalidating as all cheating does.
When a narcissist cheats it feels invalidating as all cheating does.
- When a narcissist cheats it feels invalidating as all cheating does.
- After the conversation, I felt invalidated, tired, wrung out.
- Here is a kind of self invalidating, interiorly focused process that would get you even more entangled with these processes.
Examples
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Her comments were invalidating, making him feel that his opinions didn't matter.
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And they typically have in their past, some kind of invalidating environment.
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One group in Miami realized that half of them were on placebos, so they shared out their pills, invalidating all the data.
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Here is a kind of self invalidating, interiorly focused process that would get you even more entangled with these processes.
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When a narcissist cheats it feels invalidating as all cheating does.
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And in some ways, when you try to lift somebody up who's really down, it pushes them away because you're invalidating their reality.
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And in some ways, when you try to lift somebody up who's really down, it pushes them away because you're invalidating their reality.
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The opposite of dismissing and disqualifying and invalidating is acknowledging and recognizing and validating and empathizing.
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The lawyer presented evidence that was invalidating to the witness's claims in court.
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The new regulations were invalidating previous agreements made between the parties.
Synonyms
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
To say that something is not true or trustworthy
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
Officially say a decision or order is not valid
Data that shows a claim is wrong
Antonyms
How Invalidating
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
invalidating = invalidate (transparent) = in + valid + ate + ing
The adjective is a straightforward participial form of the verb 'invalidate' and keeps the same core meaning of causing something to be invalid.
Etymology
The word invalidating comes from in- meaning 'not' and valid meaning 'strong' or 'accepted', the same root you see in value. So to invalidate something is to make it 'not accepted' or show it is not true, which is why an invalidating comment can weaken someone's confidence or make a law not valid.