Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disaffirming; disaffirmance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
denial ; adeclaration that something is not true. - noun Repudiation of self or other.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
Etymologies
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disaffirm + -ation
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Examples
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Benjamin, you seem to be conflating two dissimilar concepts: 1. What we might call racial disaffirmation — keeping out qualified black applicants.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clarence Thomas, Yale Law School, and Affirmative Action: 2007
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But, Papa's legacy must always be subjected to affirmation and disaffirmation by all and sundry.
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The third error is in the total disaffirmation of the Hondurans who deposed Zelaya.
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Lissette 2009
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