affirmation

The sessions, where Matsuzawa focuses on mindset therapy, positive thinking and affirmation, not only aided his mentality but also improved his mechanics.

It’s not so much an affirmation of socialism, among the young, as it is a desire to be politically relevant.

“He’s an extreme example of someone who had no work to be seen for, but was so desperately looking for affirmation and love.”

The point guard was coming home after what felt more like an affirmation than a recruitment.

This doesn’t mean the history, tradition and sense of place Mr. Vance stresses are irrelevant, only that most Americans see the shared creedal affirmation as an indispensable element of America’s civic identity.