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evaluation

I’ve been using this word - evaluation - and I just realized that it is totally not the word that I want to use.

This happens often. A word fits and you use it over and over again and one day you actually read the definition and realize how wrong it is for your ideas.

evaluation: the act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone

At some point I made evaluation mean the act of seeking understanding and I guess at times people judge to seek understanding but I am more interested in understanding gained by stripping away judgements.

Now I need to find a new word. This is gonna take all Friday night folks.

gg said,

April 15, 2007 @ 5:43 pm

I used to use the word “appreciation” all the time to convey “(seeking) understanding” (eg “I appreciate what you’re trying to say”; “I wish I was better at appreciating art”) but then it kept being misunderstood as “being grateful for”. Which I suppose was also true in the cases I was using the word, but wasn’t quite the point. I wait with bated breath for whatever new word for that you come up with.

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