affirmational en · ADJ
Etymology
From affirmation + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to affirmation.
We must, as a movement, address the needs of our Gay/Lesbian youth whose experience of puberty, instead of providing a joyous self-realization and affirmational discovery, plunges them into a snake pit of self-loathing.
1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 16: