Antonyms for affirmative
əˈfɜr mə tɪvaf·fir·ma·tive

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1. affirmativeadjective

   a reply of affirmation

   "he answered in the affirmative"

   Antonyms:
   negative, dissentient, dissenting(a), unfavourable, neutral, dissident, unfavorable

2. affirmative, affirmatoryadjective

   affirming or giving assent

   "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

   Antonyms:
   negative, dissident, neutral, unfavorable, dissentient, dissenting(a), unfavourable

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbative, approbatory, affirmatory, plausive, optimistic

3. affirmative, optimisticadjective

   expecting the best

   "an affirmative outlook"

   Antonyms:
   negative, unfavourable, dissident, unfavorable, dissentient, dissenting(a), neutral

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbative, approbatory, affirmatory, plausive, optimistic

4. approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausiveadjective

   expressing or manifesting praise or approval

   "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

   Antonyms:
   negative, unfavourable, dissentient, dissident, neutral, dissenting(a), unfavorable

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbatory, plausive, affirmatory, optimistic, approbative

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1. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   confirmative, ratifying, approving

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1. nuh-uh

   Submitted by acronimous on July 17, 2023  

How to use affirmative in a sentence?

1. Lindsey Graham:

   Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs. Michelle Childs is incredibly qualified. There's no affirmative action component if you pick her.

2. Kermit Victor Lipez:

   The First Amendment issue here is, as the parties frame it, fairly narrow: is there a constitutionally protected right to videotape police carrying out their duties in public? Basic First Amendment principles, along with case law from this and other circuits, answer that question unambiguously in the affirmative.

3. Malcolm Stewart:

   This is a case about what the government has to subsidize … it’s not a case about the government either imposing affirmative restraints on religion or denying generally applicable benefits to persons based on religious exercise outside the program.

4. James Jacobs:

   Police have an affirmative duty to resolve a volatile incident, but not a duty to sacrifice life.

5. Sherrilyn Ifill:

   There is a huge divide that exists between us, our country remains deeply segregated and we need not only provisions of the Fair Housing Act to be intact, but we need aggressive, and affirmative enforcement of the act by the federal government and by state jurisdictions.

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