affirmation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

/æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ en-us-affirmation.ogg /əfə(r)ˈmeʃən/ /ˈafəmeʃən/

affirmation affirmations

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

assertion solemn affirmation

affirmational counteraffirmation disaffirmation gender affirmation surgery microaffirmation nonaffirmation reaffirmation self-affirmation

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