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affirmativism

affirmativism noun: an attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing.

Noun

affirmativism (uncountable)

  1. An attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing.
    • So, once more, when we search below the negations and repudiations of the frontier we come upon a germinal positivism and affirmativism.1931, Percival Chubb, On the Religious Frontier: From an Outpost of Ethical Religion

Origin of affirmativism

From affirmative + -ism.

Questions about affirmativism

What does affirmativism mean?
Affirmativism means an attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing.
What part of speech is affirmativism?
Affirmativism is a noun.

Words near affirmativism in the dictionary

  1. affirmative waste
  2. affirmatively
  3. affirmativeness
  4. affirmatives
  5. affirmatives pregnant
  6. affirmativism
  7. affirmativist
  8. affirmativists
  9. affirmativity
  10. affirmatory
  11. affirmatum

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