different between cataphasis vs affirmatio

English

Noun

cataphasis (countable and uncountable, plural cataphases)

1. The use of positive statements to affirm the truth of something

Antonyms

• apophasis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirm?ti? (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation.

Noun

affirmatio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.

See also

• cataphasis

Latin

Alternative forms

• adf?rm?ti?

Etymology

From affirm? (“affirm, assert”) +? -ti?.

Noun

affirm?ti? f (genitive affirm?ti?nis); third declension

1. affirmation, declaration, assertion
2. confirmation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• affirm?

Descendants

• English: affirmation
• French: affirmation
• Italian: affermazione
• Portuguese: afirmação
• Spanish: afirmación

References

• affirmatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• affirmatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette