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Affirmer

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af·firm  (-fûrm)
v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms
v.tr.
1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true.
2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.
v.intr. Law
To declare solemnly and formally but not under oath.

[Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, from Latin affirmre : ad-, ad- + firmre, to strengthen (from firmus, strong; see dher- in Indo-European roots).]

af·firma·ble adj.
af·firma·bly adv.
af·firmant adj. & n.
af·firmer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.affirmer - someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"
communicator - a person who communicates with others
postulator - someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument


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" Berdyaev is not simply an affirmer of the Absolute but also of human dignity, an assent inherent in the principle of Godmanhood that figured considerably in the multiform "Russian Religious Renaissance," as Berdyaev called the movement that reached its pinnacle in the early years of the twentieth century and is also referred to as the Silver Age of Russian philosophy.
I treasure your friendship because we are steadfast affirmers of Diety and that makes us profoundly one.
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