The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
Used in a Sentence
affirming
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for affirming.
Editorial note
My go to example is affirming an appeal, which actually means rejecting an appeal, even though in normal language affirm and reject are basically opposites.
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of affirming gathered in one view.
That affirms.
(Christianity) Accepting of same-sex/same-gender sexual relationships – or, more broadly, the gender identities, sexual orientations, and sexual relationships of LGBTQ people – on the same terms as those of cisgender, heterosexual people.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for affirming.
noun
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
adjective
That affirms.
adjective
(Christianity) Accepting of same-sex/same-gender sexual relationships – or, more broadly, the gender identities, sexual orientations, and sexual relationships of LGBTQ people – on the same terms as those of cisgender, heterosexual people.
Example sentences
My go to example is affirming an appeal, which actually means rejecting an appeal, even though in normal language affirm and reject are basically opposites.
It's not just an intellectually interesting read, but a life affirming and moving one as well, one of those books where you feel like the author is a friend.
Because they feel like they don't belong they see other peoples' actions as affirming that belief.
He either changes the subject to something that (to my mind) is completely unrelated, or he makes some vague self-affirming statement.
That's a curious phrasing - echos of 'experimented with drugs' or 'experimented with my sexuality': positive, life-affirming actions, discovering your true self.
However, that seminal case affirming copyright status to art photography has little to say regarding whether undeveloped film has the same status.
You're never going to find a blanket affirming, feel-good statement that's actually true.
Apple will get some sales, from those who need their status affirming - just like the people who still wear a Rolex watch.
It's disappointing to see this up-voted since people here aren't interested in a debate, but just to affirming there own views on the subject.
Probably the former because having _anyone_ decide whether someone was 'important' in the emotionally difficult time of death just doesn't feel easy and positive, affirming, etc.
You're using the classic fallacy of affirming the consequent here.
In that sense, the general tendency to assume correctness in the face of passing test suite is basically an instance affirming the consequent on a huge scale.
Quote examples
The more years I spend in the field, the more I realize the need to "over-compensate" affirming and syncing up on stuff like this.
All it takes is a quick Google of "NSA spying program polling" to see polls affirming that hypothesis (folks disapprove of Snowden, but also heavily disapprove of the NSA spying program).
I'm not affirming anything, but it'd interesting to know if the problem you identified would disappear if everyone got those resources, instead of just those "in need".
I don't apologize for my tone because your response came off as extremely narrow-visioned with an extremely annoying and self-affirming (but wrong) argument of "the source came from writers, didn't it!" I have a blog where I write about topics important to me because I want people to be aware of them.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use affirming in a sentence?
My go to example is affirming an appeal, which actually means rejecting an appeal, even though in normal language affirm and reject are basically opposites.
What does affirming mean?
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
What part of speech is affirming?
affirming is commonly used as noun, adjective.