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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. Emotions prompt attention to such needs, to make them focal in one's attention, to address them. Ignoring such needs compromises wellbeing, which results in more pain. Addressing each evoked need, to properly resolve them, ensures continued wellbeing.

excessive resourcing

(n.) DEFUNCTION

Organizing one’s access to primary resources in ways that both limits other’s access to such resources and limits one’s own contentment to fully resolve all of their own needs.

While implicating the wealthy, this addresses the norm in Western society for single unit dwellings. Historically, families lived together with three generations: children with parents and likely their cousins, aunts and uncles, along with their grandparents. They socialized together in ways that nurtured social bonds and satisfied the need for closer social connections. While problem did exist with such close quarters, the contemporay alternative may not serve as a sustainable solution.

By contrast, contemporary society atomizes families into individuals who typically live in private quarters, away from each other. Which likely contributes to alienation and other similar problems. Instead of learning contentment to cohabitate with relatives or others, our consumerist society manufactures discontentment when presenting material options unnecessary for, and potentially a harmful distration to, human flourishing.

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.