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earned legitimacy

(n.) [wellness campaign terminology] - REFUNCTION

The refunction of establishing trusted responsiveness to vulnerable needs of those relatively less socially powerful, based empirically on measurable impacts on the needs of those under a powerholder's influence. E.g., positive or negative changes in health outcomes like chronic anxiety, major depression, and addictions. Posited as a higher form of legitimacy than widely accepted "ascribed legitimacy", which is prone to manipulation and privileged unresponsiveness. Applies a response reputation or "response rating" to those in positions of of power.

easement orientation

(n.) - EO (abbr.) One's relatively fixed or routine way to experience discomfort, which all stem from unresolved needs; either prioritizing relief-over-resolve or prioritizing resolve-over-relief. The Anankelogy Foundatdion addresses the challenge of improving one's EO with the NR101 Personal Need-Responder program. Other relevant terms: discomfort avoidance, discomfort embrace; feel-reactive, need-responsive, passive-aggressive pain relief, reactive pain relief.

engage

(v.) - REFUNCTION

To openly explore each other's affected needs to resolve a conflict, as opposed to debating or disputing or arguing; to show intent for mutual regard making room for social love over norms privileging avoidance and opposition that tend to perpetuate pain and problems. Contrasts with the defunction of mutual defensiveness.

engaging mutuality

(n.) - REFUNCTION

Responding personally to what others may need in ways that encourage reciprocal respect for one’s own needs. Counters avoidant adversarialism. See responsivism.

engaging query

(n.) A formatted invitation to consider thinking beyond an accepted assumption about something to reflect on a more specific and relevant perspective that could empirically result in resolving more needs. Invites a transition from being feel-reactive to being more need-responsive.

Format:

1. Opens with a question to compare two or more perspectives. E.g., "Which do you think is more likely?" or "Which would you prefer?"

2. Then offers a widely accepted assumption, typically a more feel-reactive belief.

3. "Or" to set up the illuminating comparison.

4. Finally, a more specific and relevant perspective is offered to challenge the earlier assumption(s), as a more need-responsive belief.

See examples in the openers to most blog entries here.

evil

(n.) - DEFUNCTION

Benefiting from diminishing the functioning of others or of oneself, overlooking less harmful or unharmful alternatives, and often correlating with a lack of sufficient awareness of the painful results. In other words, causing pathology + benefiting from it.

Elements of anankelogically defined evil (the “D” element not essential but common):

• Actions resulting in damage to others (or to oneself).

• Benefiting from the results of such harmful actions.

• Choosing harmful options over benign alternatives.

• Desensitized to causing harm in others.

See improperly resolving needs.

evoked need

(n.) A requirement previously dormant now necessary to function.

exposed need

(n.) Any core need or resource need or access need or psychosocial need easily impacted by any privileged social norm or structural problem. Compare with vulnerable need that is easily impacted by anyone in a privileged position of social influential "power" or by a power problem. Accessible anankelogy may use these terms interchangeably.