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Antonyms for affirmations

Grammar : Noun
Spell : af-er-mey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæf ərˈmeɪ ʃən

Definition of affirmations

Origin :
  • early 15c., "assertion that something is true," from Old French afermacion (14c.), from Latin affirmationem (nominative affirmatio) "an affirmation, solid assurance," noun of action from past participle stem of affirmare (see affirm). In law, as the Quaker alternative to oath-taking, it is attested from 1690s.
  • noun declaration of the truth of something
Example sentences :
  • Their falsehoods were puerile, their affirmations ridiculous.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • I do not mean to bring cults or creeds or hymns or affirmations into the schools.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • It has nothing to do with creeds or cults, with affirmations or observances.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • In all questions of achievement, let your rosary deal in affirmations.
  • Extract from : « The Victorious Attitude » by Orison Swett Marden
  • But you must be very positive, very insistent and persistent in your affirmations.
  • Extract from : « The Victorious Attitude » by Orison Swett Marden
  • If there be any truth in our affirmations, said he, we cannot be certain of it.
  • Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler
  • These affirmations are repeated everywhere and at all times.
  • Extract from : « The Affable Stranger » by Peter McArthur
  • Outside of it there are no affirmations and no contradictions.
  • Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen
  • Where do the teachers quoted above get their authority for their affirmations?
  • Extract from : « Who Wrote the Bible? » by Washington Gladden
  • It is for us to ascertain how far each of these affirmations is true.
  • Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) » by John William Draper

Synonyms for affirmations

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