Home › Words › A › affirmatioaffirmatioaffirmatio means making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin affirmātiō (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation.nounMaking a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.affirmation 71% match — That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. vs affirmatio →affirmatum 70% match — Something that is affirmed. vs affirmatio →affirmatory 69% match — Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. vs affirmatio →affirmance 68% match — The act of affirming, affirmation vs affirmatio →affirmativism 67% match — An attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing. vs affirmatio →assertorically 67% match — In an assertoric fashion. vs affirmatio →affirmational 67% match — Relating to affirmation. vs affirmatio →affirmatively 66% match — In an affirming manner. vs affirmatio →