affirmativism

noun

Etymology

From affirmative + -ism.

  1. derived from affirmativus
  2. derived from affirmatif
  3. inherited from affirmative
  4. suffixed as affirmativism — “affirmative + ism

Definitions

  1. An attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the…

    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.

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