Other forms: affirmations
An affirmation is a positive statement repeated to yourself. Daily affirmations, say your affirmations, an affirmation practice.
The evidence is mixed and interesting: affirmations seem to help people who already believe the statement and can make things worse for those who do not, which is a finding worth knowing before starting. In law, an affirmation is a solemn declaration made instead of an oath, available to anybody who objects to swearing. Note affirm; and that the Latin means to make firm.
1nounaffirmationA positive statement repeated to yourself.
“Each morning she looks in the mirror and repeats the same affirmation: 'I can do this.'”
2nounsolemnA solemn declaration made instead of an oath.
“Because she wasn't religious, she made an affirmation instead of swearing on the Bible.”
affirmation is a positive declaration.
Latin affirmare is ad plus firmus, firm. Firm, confirm and farm come from the same firmness.
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰer-
Latin
affirmare — to assert
Old French
afermacion
English, today
affirmation
From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). a doublet of affirmatio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA