Definition of "confirmation" []

• The act of confirming. (noun)
• Something that confirms; verification. (noun)
• A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church. (noun)
• A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training. (noun)

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• "For psychologists in the audience, this is a form of what they call confirmation bias."
• "Such a "confirmation" is more likely to strengthen doubts about Darwinism than to weaken them."
• "I think confirmation is exactly what critical thinking is about."