affirming

Speech parts

1. affirming - Noun

2. affirming - Verb

Meaning

of Affirm

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

swan state support supporting believing declare arguing encouraging sustain accepting confirm assert verify confirmation asserting
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Antonyms

breathing forbidding whispering arbitrariness murmuring mumbling
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Phrases with the word

affirming same-sex relationships gender-affirming surgery homosexuality-affirming neuro-affirming neurodiversity-affirming

Examples

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. Norman Vincent Peale

Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves. Gary North

Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. W. H. Auden

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. Henri-Frédéric Amiel

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person's existence. Gao Xingjian

Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they have completed a course of study regardless of their actual mastery. William A. Henry III

Close letter words and terms

affirme affirmed affirmer affirming same-sex relationships affirming the consequent affirmingly