self-affirmation
/sɛlfafəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The recognition and assertion of the existence and value of one’s individual self.Identifying the problem is usually achieved through careful self-examination, often combining meditation and self-affirmation....
- Through the discovery of an inner capacity ‘to survive and grow in the new environment’, one may find a greater independence and confidence and thus gain a more fulfilling self-affirmation and realization.
- Here, one affirms what is one's own through self-affirmation, consideration of legitimate alternatives and the experience of doubt.
- out-of-round
- out-of-roundness
- out of season
- out-of-series
- out of service
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out-of-state
- out-of-stater
- out of temper
- out of the blue
- out of the box
- out of the common
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the game
- out of the handicap
- out of the ordinary
- out of the (or one's) road
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the way
- out-of-the-wayness
- out of (the) whole cloth