self-affirmation
noun [ U ] (also selfaffirmation) uk/ˌself.æf.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌself.æf.ɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
自我肯定
belief in yourself, your worth, and your ability to achieve things
Beyond the basic necessities, pretty much everything we buy is about self-affirmation. 除了基本必需品，我们购买的几乎所有的东西都是关乎自我肯定的。
They found that when self-affirmation was lacking, learning was inhibited.
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- Her songs are mostly about self-affirmation, young love, and how life is one big party.
- By self-affirmation I don't mean looking at yourself in the mirror and saying that you can do anything.
- They do not have much truck with the notion of self-affirmation as the ethical foundation of struggle.