肯こう定てい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

affirmation; acknowledgment; positive

General use: stating that something is true, correct, or acceptable; often contrasted with 否定 (denial). Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'affirm' or 'acknowledge'.

Antonyms: 否定

• 彼かれは私わたしの意い見けんを肯こう定ていした。

  He affirmed my opinion.

• 肯こう定ていの返へん事じをもらった。

  I received an affirmative reply.

noun

affirmative (logic)

Technical use in logic: a proposition that asserts something is true, as opposed to a negative proposition.

• 論ろん理り学がくでは、肯こう定てい命めい題だいと否ひ定てい命めい題だいを区く別べつする。

  In logic, we distinguish between affirmative and negative propositions.