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Another word for affirmation

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affirmation

n.

An assertion
statement, avowal, attestation; see declaration 1.
A solemn declaration
testimony, affidavit, sworn statement; see oath 1.
Ratification
confirmation, sanction, acceptance; see confirmation 1.

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Another word for affirmation

noun

The act of asserting positively:
allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, claim, declaration, statement. See affirm
An act of confirming officially:
approval, confirmation, ratification, sanction. See law

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In no single act of affirmation of cause or substance, much less in such a primitive act, do we affirm the universality of their application.
In the history of philosophy affirmation precedes negation; dogmatism goes before scepticism.
Against the Church of Rome, however, there was directed the affirmation that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and not from both Father and Son; this rejection of the filioque was not unwelcome to the Turks.
It is that of " identity and diversity ": we cannot be conscious at all without distinguishing, and every affirmation necessarily implies negation.
The affirmation that American aborigines believed in an all-pervading, omnipotent Spirit is entirely inconsistent with the very nature of the case.

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