"affirmation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ Audio: en-us-affirmation.ogg Forms: affirmations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰer-}}, {{der|en|fro|afermacion}} Old French afermacion, {{der|en|la|affirmare||to assert}} Latin affirmare (“to assert”), {{doublet|en|affirmatio}} Doublet of affirmatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)
  1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Quakerism Translations (that which is affirmed): تَأْكِيد (taʔkīd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَوْكِيد (tawkīd) [masculine] (Arabic), твърдение (tvǎrdenie) (Bulgarian), уверение (uverenie) (Bulgarian), afirmació [feminine] (Catalan), jeso (Esperanto), vahvistus (Finnish), affirmation [feminine] (French), afirmación [feminine] (Galician), Bestätigung (German), Zustimmung (German), חיווי (khivúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), הצהרה (hatshará) [feminine] (Hebrew), חיוב (khiyúv) [masculine] (Hebrew), affermazione [feminine] (Italian), 인정 (injeong) (Korean), 확인 (hwagin) (Korean), потврда (potvrda) [feminine] (Macedonian), whakakoiatanga [masculine, plural] (Maori), afirmaçon [feminine] (Mirandese), afirmacja [feminine] (Polish), afirmação [feminine] (Portuguese), afirmație [feminine] (Romanian), afirmación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Quakerism Synonyms: solemn affirmation
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  3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Quakerism Translations (autosuggestion): إِيحَاء ذَاتِيّ (ʔīḥāʔ ḏātiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), autosuggestió [feminine] (Catalan), itsesuggestio (Finnish), Autosuggestion (German), Selbsteinrede (German), afirmacja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-affirmation-en-noun-CbMaQ4HL Disambiguation of Quakerism: 37 39 24 Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mirandese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 44 41 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 47 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 43 45 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mirandese translations: 48 42 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 45 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of 'autosuggestion': 7 4 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: assertion Derived forms: affirmational, counteraffirmation, disaffirmation, microaffirmation, nonaffirmation, reaffirmation, self-affirmation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Bestätigung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "that which is affirmed",
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      "sense": "autosuggestion",
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}

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