Affirm
verb
To state or show that something is true or correct.
She affirmed that she would be present at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- affirm the truth
- affirm one's commitment
verb
To say firmly or loudly that something is true or exists.
He affirmed his loyalty to the country.
Often appears as...
- affirm one's belief
- affirm one's faith
verb
To assert a right or a statement as true and valid.
She affirmed her right to remain silent during the court proceedings.
Often appears as...
- affirm a right
- affirm a contract
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To encourage or uplift someone positively.
The teacher affirmed the students who had done well in the exam.
Often appears as...
- affirm positively
- affirm someone's courage
verb
To state or show that something is true or correct.
She affirmed that she would be present at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- affirm the truth
- affirm one's commitment
verb
To say firmly or loudly that something is true or exists.
He affirmed his loyalty to the country.
Often appears as...
- affirm one's belief
- affirm one's faith
verb
To assert a right or a statement as true and valid.
She affirmed her right to remain silent during the court proceedings.
Often appears as...
- affirm a right
- affirm a contract
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To encourage or uplift someone positively.
The teacher affirmed the students who had done well in the exam.
Often appears as...
- affirm positively
- affirm someone's courage
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Objective Confidence
Use 'affirm' when expressing certainty about facts or beliefs in an objective manner.
Experts affirmed the vaccine's effectiveness.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Neutral
'Affirm' is emotionally neutral, without excitement, anger, or other strong feelings.
The witness affirmed seeing the suspect leave the scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confirmation
Use 'affirm' to subtly reinforce or confirm a point already made.
He affirmed my point, adding credibility to the argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Objective Confidence
Use 'affirm' when expressing certainty about facts or beliefs in an objective manner.
Experts affirmed the vaccine's effectiveness.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Neutral
'Affirm' is emotionally neutral, without excitement, anger, or other strong feelings.
The witness affirmed seeing the suspect leave the scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confirmation
Use 'affirm' to subtly reinforce or confirm a point already made.
He affirmed my point, adding credibility to the argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Objective Confidence
Use 'affirm' when expressing certainty about facts or beliefs in an objective manner.
Experts affirmed the vaccine's effectiveness.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Neutral
'Affirm' is emotionally neutral, without excitement, anger, or other strong feelings.
The witness affirmed seeing the suspect leave the scene.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confirmation
Use 'affirm' to subtly reinforce or confirm a point already made.
He affirmed my point, adding credibility to the argument.
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The danger of silence PIPE...
I couldn't use my locker for weeks because the bolt on the lock reminded me of the one I had put on my lips when the homeless man on the corner looked at me with eyes up merely searching for an affirmation that he was worth seeing. I was more concerned with touching the screen on my Apple than actually feeding him one. When the woman at the fundraising gala said "I'm so proud of you.
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How to raise a Black son...
We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class, and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world. So when we say that black lives matter, it's not because others don't, it's simply because we must affirm that we are worthy of existing without fear, when so many things tell us we are not.
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The benefits of a good...
So hopefully you can see now that skimping on sleep not only harms your long-term health, but actually makes it less likely that you'll retain all that knowledge and practice from the previous night, all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring
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You are not alone in...
But I've always operated under this idea that these little moments of humanness are not superfluous. They're not retreats from the world at all, but instead they're the reasons why we come to these spaces. They are important and vital and they affirm and they give us life.
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Reclaiming Syria’s story...
violence around them and I see how recently grassroots groups have been increasingly desperate to reaffirm the spirit not just to themselves but to the outside world many so many are always tempted to leave a war zone and many do leave because they're burnt out they're
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Why should you read "One...
of civil strife and rampant iniquity. Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible,
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Militant atheism PIPE...
that no candidate for popular election dare affirm it in public. If I'm right, this means that high office in the greatest country in the world is barred to the very people best qualified to hold it -- the intelligentsia --
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How to build your...
In my estimation, it takes at least three permission, community and curiosity. Permission births confidence, community nurtures it and curiosity affirms it. In education, we've got a saying,
Video examples
EXCLUSIVE: Male Polar...
blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death it's an affirmation of life for me it was life in the Arctic it was a hunt so the polar bears are currently
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Where the River Nile...
Islamic mystics still gather to affirm their beliefs a crowd urges them to spin they enter a state of trance believing in this way that they
Video examples
The danger of silence PIPE...
I couldn't use my locker for weeks because the bolt on the lock reminded me of the one I had put on my lips when the homeless man on the corner looked at me with eyes up merely searching for an affirmation that he was worth seeing. I was more concerned with touching the screen on my Apple than actually feeding him one. When the woman at the fundraising gala said "I'm so proud of you.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class, and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world. So when we say that black lives matter, it's not because others don't, it's simply because we must affirm that we are worthy of existing without fear, when so many things tell us we are not.
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
So hopefully you can see now that skimping on sleep not only harms your long-term health, but actually makes it less likely that you'll retain all that knowledge and practice from the previous night, all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring
Video examples
You are not alone in...
But I've always operated under this idea that these little moments of humanness are not superfluous. They're not retreats from the world at all, but instead they're the reasons why we come to these spaces. They are important and vital and they affirm and they give us life.
Video examples
Reclaiming Syria’s story...
violence around them and I see how recently grassroots groups have been increasingly desperate to reaffirm the spirit not just to themselves but to the outside world many so many are always tempted to leave a war zone and many do leave because they're burnt out they're
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
of civil strife and rampant iniquity. Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible,
Video examples
Militant atheism PIPE...
that no candidate for popular election dare affirm it in public. If I'm right, this means that high office in the greatest country in the world is barred to the very people best qualified to hold it -- the intelligentsia --
Video examples
How to build your...
In my estimation, it takes at least three permission, community and curiosity. Permission births confidence, community nurtures it and curiosity affirms it. In education, we've got a saying,
Video examples
EXCLUSIVE: Male Polar...
blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death it's an affirmation of life for me it was life in the Arctic it was a hunt so the polar bears are currently
Video examples
Where the River Nile...
Islamic mystics still gather to affirm their beliefs a crowd urges them to spin they enter a state of trance believing in this way that they
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within.
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
American Novelist
A grandparent can be simply affirming. A grandparent has been there, done that child-raising stuff, and has the wisdom of experience. And so in some ways, they're free to love without the anxiety of being the actual parents. They're free to give.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
When you, like if you sing a song and it gets into your brain that it becomes, it repeats and repeats like an affirmation so I find that quite empowering and quite important to keep my positive attitude to life.
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Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
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Khoudia Diop
Senegalese Actress
Having support from family, friends - and now fans - definitely helps to affirm that I am worthy, loved, and beautiful. I hope everyone can see that in themselves and feel this way.
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John Gavin
American Actor
We have affirmed the principle that a mature relationship between nations - as between individuals - can only flourish in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
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Ethan Canin
American Author
There once was this powerful, both capital and political, class who cared about supporting and affirming a solid middle class in this country.
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Shakira
Musician
I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
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Trace Lysette
American Actress
Going to meetings for Time's Up has been deeply affirming for me.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within.
Quote examples
Jewell Parker Rhodes
American Novelist
A grandparent can be simply affirming. A grandparent has been there, done that child-raising stuff, and has the wisdom of experience. And so in some ways, they're free to love without the anxiety of being the actual parents. They're free to give.
Quote examples
Judith Durham
Australian Musician
When you, like if you sing a song and it gets into your brain that it becomes, it repeats and repeats like an affirmation so I find that quite empowering and quite important to keep my positive attitude to life.
Quote examples
Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Quote examples
Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
Quote examples
Khoudia Diop
Senegalese Actress
Having support from family, friends - and now fans - definitely helps to affirm that I am worthy, loved, and beautiful. I hope everyone can see that in themselves and feel this way.
Quote examples
John Gavin
American Actor
We have affirmed the principle that a mature relationship between nations - as between individuals - can only flourish in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
Quote examples
Ethan Canin
American Author
There once was this powerful, both capital and political, class who cared about supporting and affirming a solid middle class in this country.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
Quote examples
Trace Lysette
American Actress
Going to meetings for Time's Up has been deeply affirming for me.
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