Approval
Approval noun - An acceptance of something as satisfactory.
Esteem is a synonym for approval in favour topic. In some cases you can use "Esteem" instead a noun "Approval", when it comes to topics like admiration, position, praise, good opinion.
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It's clear it tears on his self-esteem and he's more desperate than ever to get his father's approval, who's ashamed of him.
Source: Disney / Chicken Little -
Asuka: An overwhelming need to validate her own existence through the approval of others, which eventually leads to self-esteem so low that it renders her unable to pilot an EVA.
Source: Anime / Neon Genesis Evangelion -
One person has extremely low self-esteem, a dead mother and a cold and distant father who is a key element in the mostly-unreleased conspiracy and has ties to the true Big Bad, and a key motivation for them is winning the approval of those around them.
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