Definition of Affirmation. Meaning of Affirmation. Synonyms of Affirmation

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Definition of Affirmation

Affirmation
Affirmation Af`fir*ma"tion, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. --Hooker. 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial. 3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. 4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. --Bouvier.

Meaning of Affirmation from wikipedia

- Look up affirmation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Affirmation or affirm may refer to: Affirmation, a declaration that something is true In logic...
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- po****rized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research. Self-affirmation theory contends...
- Affirm Films is an American independent Christian film studio and label of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which produces, markets, and acquires...
- The Affirmation is a 1981 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest. The book follows the story of Peter Sinclair, who begins creating...
- The formal fallacy of affirming a disjunct also known as the fallacy of the alternative disjunct or a false exclusionary disjunct occurs when a deductive...
- In law, an affirmation is a solemn declaration allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath. An affirmation has exactly the same legal...
- perspective as: ... the joyous affirmation of the play of the world and of the innocence of becoming, the affirmation of a world of signs without fault...
- In propositional logic, affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency...