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affirm
Found in thesaurus: declare
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affirm
v.
confirm; claim; state to be true
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Affirmation
Affirmation, Affirmations or Affirm may refer to:
- Affirmation, a declaration that something is true
- in logic, the union of the subject and predicate of a proposition
- Affirmation in law, a declaration made by and allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath
- Affirmed in law, means that a decision has been reviewed and found valid
- Nietzschean affirmation, a philosophical concept according to which we create meaning and knowledge for ourselves in a nihilistic world
- Affirmation of St. Louis, the founding document of the Continuing Anglican Movement churches
- Affirmations (New Age), the practice of positive thinking in New Age terminology
- Affirmative prayer, a form of prayer that focuses on a positive outcome
- Affirmation (Beverley Knight album)
- Affirmation (Savage Garden album)
- "Affirmation" (song), title track of this album
- Affirm (company), a technology company in San Francisco
- Affirmations (Ferndale, Michigan), a LGBT community center in Ferndale, Michigan
- Affirmations (film), a 1990 short film
- Affirmations (L. Ron Hubbard), a work said to have been written by L. Ron Hubbard
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affirm
Verb
1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
(synonym) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support
(antonym) negate, contradict
(hyponym) back, back up
(derivation) affirmation
2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
(synonym) verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
(hypernym) declare
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) affirmation, assertion, statement
3. say yes to
(hyponym) claim
(derivation) affirmation, assertion, statement
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affirm
v.
(po)tvrdit; místopřísežně prohlásit
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affirm
Czas.
twierdzić; stwierdzać; potwierdzać; oświadczać
