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Meaning of "the affirmative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE AFFIRMATIVE

the affirmative play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE AFFIRMATIVE

the above
the absurd
the Academy
the accused
the Admiralty Board
the Adriatic
the Age of Reason
the Alamo
the Algarve
the All Blacks
the All Whites
the Alliance
the Almighty
the amen corner
the American Dream
the Amish
the Anglo-Irish
the Annunciation
the Antarctic
the Anthropocene

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE AFFIRMATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of the affirmative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the affirmative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE AFFIRMATIVE

Find out the translation of the affirmative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the affirmative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the affirmative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肯定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afirmativamente
570 millions of speakers

English

the affirmative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सकारात्मक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالإيجاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

утвердительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afirmativamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইতিবাচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´affirmative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afirmatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die affirmative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肯定的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

긍정적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing persetujuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khẳng định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறுதியளிக்கிறேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होकारार्थी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Olumlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affermativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twierdząca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ствердно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afirmativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η καταφατική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die regstellende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jakande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bekreftende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the affirmative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE AFFIRMATIVE»

The term «the affirmative» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.789 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE AFFIRMATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the affirmative

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2 QUOTES WITH «THE AFFIRMATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the affirmative.
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Athol Fugard
You'll see that the strong, the affirmative, the positive voice in any of the plays I've written is that of a woman. My men are, well, not quite worthless, but they are certainly weak, and that reflects the reality I grew up with and what I think has in a sense shaped me.
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Boyle Roche
I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic 'No.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE AFFIRMATIVE»

Discover the use of the affirmative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the affirmative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in ...
Terry Martin provides a comprehensive survey and interpretation, based on newly available archival sources, of the Soviet management of the nationalities question.
Terry Dean Martin, 2001
2
The Affirmative Action Hoax: Diversity, the Importance of ...
The Affirmative Action Hoax offers an uninhibited examination of the practice and exposes the damage it causes to society.
Farron Steven, 2005
3
The Affirmative Action Debate
Politicians, executives, lawyers, and social researchers discuss affirmative action policies, their benefits and problems, and alternative solutions to discrimination
George E. Curry, Cornel West, 1996
4
The Affirmative Action Fraud: Can We Restore the American ...
Discusses how the civil rights movement has strayed off course, and talks about what is needed to get it back on track with some common-sense solutions to the problems of economic inequalities
Clint Bolick, 1996
5
The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture, and ...
Describes the origins of affirmative action in the conditions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, explains how it seemed to produce results when "color-blind" policies--which often allowed other inequalities--did not, and discusses its ...
John David Skrentny, 1996
6
The Affirmative Action Debate
Steven M. Cahn. One response to this complaint is to argue that the second premise of my counter-argument to the “reverse discrimination argument” would not be true when used by the racist. The racist's version of the second premise would ...
Steven M. Cahn, 2013
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Affirmative Action: The Pros and Cons of Policy and Practice
In a new, substantive introduction, Richard F. Tomasson offers a short history of the affirmative action debate and addresses new developments since the book's original appearance in 1996.
Richard F. Tomasson, Faye J. Crosby, Sharon D. Herzberger, 2001
8
Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's ...
Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
Richard Henry Sander, Stuart Taylor, 2012
9
Affirmative Action in Antidiscrimination Law and Policy: An ...
A comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the past, present, and future of affirmative action in the United States.
Samuel Leiter, William M. Leiter, 2012
10
Defending Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of ...
Explores the benefits of a diverse educational setting and why affirmative action should be used as a factor for universities in their admissions programs to achieve that diversity.
Patricia Gurin, 2004

REFERENCE
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