Affirmation is a declaration that something is true. Specifically, it may refer to:
- 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
- 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
As a proper noun, Affirmation may be:
- Affirmation (Beverley Knight album)
- Affirmation (Savage Garden album)
- "Affirmation" (song), title track of this album
Famous quotes containing the word affirmation:
“Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It’s just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And it’s also an affirmation of faith in their country, its prosperity and limitless bounty. They have shops the way that lesser countries have statues.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)
“I would say that deconstruction is affirmation rather than questioning, in a sense which is not positive: I would distinguish between the positive, or positions, and affirmations. I think that deconstruction is affirmative rather than questioning: this affirmation goes through some radical questioning, but it is not questioning in the field of analysis.”
—Jacques Derrida (b. 1930)
“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.”
—Martha Graham (1894–1991)