reconfirmable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹikənˈfɝmə.bl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
From reconfirm + -able.
Meanings
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That can be reconfirmed; that is able to be firmly established.
Phenomenology must limit itself to reconfirmable descriptions of experience.
1987, Robert C. Solomon, From Hegel to Existentialism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162:The "loss of the aura" is described by Benjamin precisely as a loss of the fixed, constant, and reconfirmable context of an artwork.
2008 December 26, Okwui Enwezor, Nancy Condee, Terry Smith, Antinomies of Art and Culture, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 72:Ross Armstrong from Gair's North Shore electorate then moved a motion that the positions of leader and deputy leader should be made 'reviewable and reconfirmable at least once in the period between each General Election'.
2013 November, Barry Gustafson, quoting Ross Armstrong, His Way, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 298:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most reconfirmable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more reconfirmable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
it riconfermabile (that can be reconfirmed)