affirmation

See also: Affirmation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
Her success was an affirmation of all her hard work.

The ceremony included an affirmation of loyalty.
(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
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
Daily positive affirmations can improve self-confidence.
- 2026 May 19, 31:02, in Google I/O 2026 keynote in 35 minutes‎^[1]:
  [Gemini:] Yes, your family group chat decided to meet for dinner at seven today, and there is a reminder to say your daily affirmations, you are strong, you are confident—
  [Nishtha Bhatia] Okay, we'll do these affirmations a bit later, but why don't you add that dinner to my calendar?

Synonyms

assertion

Derived terms

Translations

that which is affirmed

Arabic: تَأْكِيد m (taʔkīd), تَوْكِيد m (tawkīd)
Bulgarian: твърдение (bg) (tvărdenie), 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)
Māori: whakakoiatanga m pl
Mirandese: afirmaçon f
Polish: afirmacja (pl) f
Portuguese: afirmação (pt) f
Romanian: afirmație (ro) f
Russian: подтверждение (ru) (podtverždenije)
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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Japanese: 断言 (ja) (dangen suru)

Danish

Noun

affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

affirmation

Declension

Declension of *affirmation*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	affirmation	affirmationen	affirmationer	affirmationerne
genitive	affirmations	affirmationens	affirmationers	affirmationernes