Affirmation or affirm may refer to:

Logic

* Affirmation, a declaration that something is

true True most commonly refers to truth, the state of being in congruence with fact or reality. True may also refer to: Places * True, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * True, Wisconsin, a town in the United States * ...

* In logic, the union of the subject and predicate of a

proposition A proposition is a statement that can be either true or false. It is a central concept in the philosophy of language, semantics, logic, and related fields. Propositions are the object s denoted by declarative sentences; for example, "The sky ...

Law

Affirmation (law) In law, an affirmation is a solemn declaration allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath. An affirmation has exactly the same legal effect as an oath but is usually taken to avoid the religious implications of an oath; it is ...

, 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

Business

* Affirm Holdings, a financial technology company

Psychology

Self-affirmation Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s,Stee ...

, the psychological process of re-affirming personal values to protect self-identity * Affirmations (New Age), the practice of positive thinking in New Age terminology * Affirmative prayer, a form of prayer that focuses on a positive outcome * Nietzschean affirmation, a philosophical concept according to which we create meaning and knowledge for ourselves in a nihilistic world

Organisations

* Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families, & Friends, an international Latter-day Saint organisation * Affirmation Scotland, an LGBT group within the Church of Scotland * Affirmations (Ferndale, Michigan), an LGBT community center in Ferndale, Michigan

Music

* ''Affirmation'' (Beverley Knight album), and song by Knight on this album * ''Affirmation'' (Savage Garden album) * "Affirmation" (George Benson song), a song written by José Féliciano, which became a jazz standard associated with George Benson * "Affirmation" (Savage Garden song)

Other uses

Affirmation and negation In linguistics and grammar, affirmation ( abbreviated ) and negation () are ways in which grammar encodes positive and negative polarity into verb phrases, clauses, or utterances. An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the validity or ...

in grammar * Affirmation of St. Louis, the founding document of the Continuing Anglican Movement churches * ''Affirmations'' (film), a 1990 short film * '' The Affirmation'', a 1981 novel by Christopher Priest * Affirmations (L. Ron Hubbard), a work written by L. Ron Hubbard