Confirmation (disambiguation)
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Confirmation predominantly refers to a rite of passage, mostly (but not exclusively) Christian:
- Confirmation
- Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
- Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
- Confirmation (Roman Catholic Church)
- Chrismation, or confirmation (Eastern Christianity)
Confirmation or confirm may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Confirmation (film), a 2016 television film about Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas
- The Confirmation, a 2016 Canadian film
- "Confirmation" (composition), a 1945 jazz standard by Charlie Parker
- Confirmation (Barry Harris and Kenny Barron album), 1992
- Confirmation (Tommy Flanagan album), 1982
- "Confirmation", a 2020 song by Justin Bieber from the album Changes
Science and philosophy
[edit]- Confirmation, a part of the scientific method
- Confirmation holism, the claim that a single scientific theory cannot be tested in isolation
- Bayesian confirmation theory, a quantitative, as opposed to a qualitative, theory of confirmation
- Verificationism, adherence to the verification principle proposed by A. J. Ayer in Language, Truth and Logic
Other uses
[edit]- Confirm Project, an intended computer reservation and distribution system
- Probate, known in Scotland as confirmation
- Senate confirmation, a process of confirming a presidential nominee by the United States Senate
- Tenure, at universities in Australia and New Zealand, referred to as confirmation