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confirmational

confirmational adjective: of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.

Adjective

confirmational (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.
    • Unlike the standard ‘Quine–Putnam’ argument given in Sect. 1, these arguments do not invoke confirmational holism.2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI

Origin of confirmational

From confirmation + -al.

Questions about confirmational

What does confirmational mean?
Confirmational means of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.
What part of speech is confirmational?
Confirmational is an adjective.

Words near confirmational in the dictionary

  1. confirmation
  2. confirmation bias
  3. confirmation biases
  4. confirmation name
  5. confirmation names
  6. confirmational
  7. confirmationally
  8. confirmationism
  9. confirmationist
  10. confirmationists
  11. confirmations

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