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Definition of Affirmative

Affirmative Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote. Positive; dogmatic. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted. That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. Related Definitions: Act, Added, Affirmation, Affirmative, Agreement, An, And, Answer, Answering, Applied, Are, As, Assent, Asserting, Be, Common, Confirmative, Declaratory, Dogmatic, Expressing, Fact, Forty, In, Is, Law, Negative, Of, Opposed, Or, Phrase, Positive, Proposition, Quantities, Question, Ratifying, Side, So, Stated, Subtracted, Such, Ten, Term, That, The, There, To, Two, Vote, Were, What, Which, Word, Yes

Affirmative Quotations And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know. James E. Jones White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. Gilbert K. Chesterton White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. God paints in many colors; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. Gilbert K. Chesterton Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures. Tammy Bruce Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles. John Kasich

Affirmative Translations affirmative in German is bejahend, positiv, zustimmend affirmative in Spanish is afirmativo affirmative in Swedish is jakande

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