Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonaffirmation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-af-fir-ma-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of affirmation; failure to affirm something.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In general, the analyst's nonaffirmation of the patient's immediate sense of himself, together with his evident appreciation of a deeper potential, tends to dislodge the patient from the taken-for-granted texture of the immediate experience and edges him toward abstracting from his wishes and assumptions into a slightly more objectivized view of himself in action."

Etymology

From non- + affirmation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nonaffirmation mean?: Lack of affirmation; failure to affirm something.
Where does nonaffirmation come from?: From non- + affirmation.

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