Confirmation (disambiguation) explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• Conformation (disambiguation)
• Conformity (disambiguation)