单词 | self-affirmation |
释义 | > as lemmasself-affirmation self-affirmation n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfafəˈmeɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌæfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ (a) an assertion or declaration made by the person in question (without verification); (b) the recognition and assertion of the existence and value of one's individual self; cf. affirmation n. 5.ΚΠ 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't ii. 283 Dr. H...places in his confident self affirmations the summe of his whole Defence. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. ii. ix. 262 We know that existence is its own predicate, self-affirmation, the one attribute in which all others are contained, not as parts, but as manifestations. 1840 Times 31 Oct. 5/6 Your correspondent.., whose only desire I am willing to allow from his own self-affirmation is the prosecution of truth. 1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. 53 That desire for..self-affirmation..is so characteristic of man at all stages of his development. 1987 J. Meyendorff Vision of Unity 82 The decision is made without consultation with anybody as a deliberate affirmation not only of the martyrs' sanctity, but also as a self-affirmation of the ‘Church-in-exile’, as the only ‘remnant of true Orthodoxy’. 2016 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 May 17 Use self-affirmation such as ‘I'm a great person, I'm a genius’. < as lemmas |
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