affirmativism

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noun

An attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing.

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Meanings

nounaffirmativism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn 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

From affirmative + -ism.

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APA

affirmativism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affirmativism

MLA

“affirmativism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affirmativism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affirmativism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affirmativism.

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