affirmativism

English

Etymology

affirmative +‎ -ism

Noun

affirmativism (uncountable)

1. An attitude of affirming something without necessarily providing the proof or the theoretical backing.
   • 1931, Percival Chubb, On the Religious Frontier: From an Outpost of Ethical Religion‎^[1]:

     So, once more, when we search below the negations and repudiations of the frontier we come upon a germinal positivism and affirmativism.