affirmation

See also: Affirmation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
2. (law) 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.

   Synonym: solemn affirmation

3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Synonyms

• assertion

Derived terms

• affirmational
• counteraffirmation
• disaffirmation
• microaffirmation
• nonaffirmation
• reaffirmation
• self-affirmation

 

Translations

that which is affirmed

• Arabic: تَأْكِيد m (taʔkīd), تَوْكِيد m (tawkīd)
• Bulgarian: твърдение (bg) (tvǎrdenie), уверение (bg) (uverenie)
• Catalan: afirmació (ca) f
• Esperanto: jeso
• Finnish: vahvistus (fi)
• French: affirmation (fr) f
• Galician: afirmación (gl) f
• German: Bestätigung (de), Zustimmung (de)
• Hebrew: חיווי m (khivúy), הצהרה f (hatshará), חיוב m (khiyúv)
• Italian: affermazione (it) f
• Korean: 인정 (ko) (injeong), 확인 (ko) (hwagin)
• Macedonian: потврда f (potvrda)
• Maori: whakakoiatanga m pl
• Mirandese: afirmaçon f
• Polish: afirmacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: afirmação (pt) f
• Romanian: afirmație (ro) f
• Spanish: afirmación (es) f

autosuggestion

• Arabic: إِيحَاء ذَاتِيّ m (ʔīḥāʔ ḏātiyy)
• Catalan: autosuggestió f
• Finnish: itsesuggestio
• German: Autosuggestion (de), Selbsteinrede
• Polish: afirmacja (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: 断言 (ja) (dangen suru)

See also

• affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

1. affirmation

Declension

Declension of affirmation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	affirmation	affirmationen	affirmationer	affirmationerne
genitive	affirmations	affirmationens	affirmationers	affirmationernes

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

affirmation f (plural affirmations)

1. affirmation

Further reading

• “affirmation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.