positive appraisal

collocation in English

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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appraisal
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈpreɪ.zəl/us
/əˈpreɪ.zəl/
the act of examining someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandappraisalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both the theory and the practice of the traditional left prevented anypositiveappraisalof the estremisti.
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I feel that we need something which will go a stage further and introduce a morepositiveappraisalof the problems in the regions.
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I am pleased that constructive andpositiveappraisalof teachers' work is now being carried out in many schools.
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Reviews following months after publication contained limitedpositiveappraisalof the poem.
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Promotion may be an employee's reward for good performance, i.e.,positiveappraisal.
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Thus, the occurrence of positive appraisals of cancer seems to be quite frequent, and may even be higher than that of negative ones.
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A sample of caregivers for patients with multiple sclerosis reportedly resulted in a similar outcome, where stress and depression were both alleviated through the practice ofpositiveappraisal.
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He gave the election apositiveappraisal.
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The above studies showed that cancer patients tend to have positive appraisals of cancer.
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Now, it seems important to focus on the contents or types of positive appraisals of cancer and get deeper insights.
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Positive emotion as a protective factor is manifested as both an individual characteristic, such as self-esteem or positive appraisals of oneself, as well as in positive interactions with others.
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Positive appraisals include parents' beliefs that the child is a blessing to show that the parents are worthy of taking care of such a child.
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