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Affirmatio vs Affirmation - What's the difference?

affirmatio | affirmation |

As nouns the difference between affirmatio and affirmation

is that affirmatio is (rhetoric) making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not while affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

affirmatio

English

Noun

(-)
  • (rhetoric) Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.

    • See also

    * cataphasis ----

    affirmation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

    • Synonyms

    * assertion

    Derived terms

    * self-affirmation

    See also

    * (wikipedia "affirmation") ----