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The phrase "a cry for recognition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong desire or need for acknowledgment or validation, often in a social or emotional context.
Example: "The artist's latest work is not just a masterpiece; it's a cry for recognition of the struggles faced by marginalized communities."
Alternatives: "a plea for acknowledgment" or "a call for validation."
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Instead, it is a cry for recognition and a means of evading belittlement, or worse yet, the curse of not being noticed at all.
The selfie may be a cry for recognition: see that I am here; see that I exist; see that I am queer and happy, black and beautiful, fat and alive; see that I am trying.
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It is a cry for help and recognition masked as a bit of cheesy fluff aimed at sozzled aunts and sausage roll stuffed godfathers.
Instead it provides the substitute of a quotation from St. Thérèse of Lisieux meant to define what they are all hungering for: "Prayer is a surge of the heart, a cry of recognition and love".
A cry of recognition flies from the throat of a Spanish journalist, and the assembled lenses rise.
There's an especially stunning moment when he's singing about how the world is not available to him – a thought that leads to a cry for Marie – as if in recognition that his lover is the world to him.
A cry for freedom.
A cry for fuckin' help.
Is that a cry for help?
Sure sounds like a cry for help.
"A cry for help?" Dr. Lester asked.
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