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affirmation

/æfɝˈmeɪʃn/

affirmation noun: that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    solemn affirmation
  3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
    • Daily positive affirmations can improve self-confidence.
    • [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?2026 May 19, 31:02, in Google I/O 2026 keynote in 35 minutes

affirmation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

affirmation in Hindi

affirmation, confirmation
प्रतिज्ञापन pratijñāpan

affirmation in Tamil

உறுதி மொழி, உறுதியுரை, மெய்யுறுதி ஏற்றுறுதிப்படுத்துதல், உறுதிப்பாடு, வலியுறுத்திக் கூறுதல், வலியுறுத்தப்பட்டட செய்தி

affirmation in Urdu

اقرار, تصدیق, توثیق

affirmation in Malayalam

affirmation
അതെ ate
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affirmation in Kannada
ಅವಧಾರಣ, ಅವಧಾರಣೆ
affirmation in Arabic
تَأْكِيد taʔkīd, تَوْكِيد tawkīd, إِيحَاء ذَاتِيّ ʔīḥāʔ ḏātiyy

Examples of affirmation in a sentence

  • That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.
  • This goes beyond eliminating border controls, it is the final affirmation of our European identity,” Bozinovic said.
  • Winnipeggers met Mayor Scott Gillingham’s affirmation of support for Lviv, Ukraine, with chants of “Slava Ukraini!

All 36 example sentences with affirmation

Synonyms of affirmation

Forms of affirmation

pluralaffirmations

Plural of affirmation: affirmations

Origin of affirmation

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

Words formed from affirmation

Phrases with affirmation

Words that rhyme with affirmation

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Questions about affirmation

What does affirmation mean?
Affirmation means that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
What is affirmation in Hindi?
Affirmation in Hindi is प्रतिज्ञापन (pratijñāpan). See Affirmation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is affirmation?
Affirmation is a noun.
How do you pronounce affirmation?
Affirmation is pronounced /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ (US).
What is the plural of affirmation?
The plural of affirmation is affirmations.

Words near affirmation in the dictionary

  1. affirmances
  2. affirmant
  3. affirmants
  4. affirmata
  5. affirmatio
  6. affirmation
  7. affirmational
  8. affirmationally
  9. affirmations
  10. affirmative
  11. affirmative action

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affirmation (page history and authors); प्रतिज्ञापन (Hindi) (page history and authors); affirmation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affirmation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അതെ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); affirmation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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