affirmation

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (countable, uncountable) That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/æfɝˈmeɪʃn/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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

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