adj
Meaning 1
Related to positivism, positivistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
positivist
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noun
Meaning 2
A believer in positivism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Comtist
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to positivism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- positivist thinkers
- positivist doctrine
- positive philosophy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: positivistic, positive
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rationalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonreligious person
Narrower terms: logical positivist
History
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from French positiviste. Equivalent to positive + -ist, after positivism.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) — related to positivism
- Catalan: positivista — related to positivism
- Finnish: positivistinen — related to positivism
- French: positiviste — related to positivism
- German: positivistisch — related to positivism
- Hindi: प्रत्यक्षवादी (pratyakṣavādī) — related to positivism
- Hindi: तथ्यवादी (tathyavādī) — related to positivism
- Italian: positivistico — related to positivism
- Italian: positivista — related to positivism
- Russian: позитиви́стский (pozitivístskij) — related to positivism
- Russian: позитиви́стская (pozitivístskaja) — related to positivism
- Russian: позитиви́стское (pozitivístskoje) — related to positivism
- Slovak: pozitivistický — related to positivism
- Spanish: positivista — related to positivism
- Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) — believer in positivism
- Catalan: positivista — believer in positivism
- Czech: pozitivista — believer in positivism
- French: positiviste — believer in positivism
- German: Positivist — believer in positivism
- German: Positivistin — believer in positivism
- Hindi: प्रत्यक्षवादी (pratyakṣavādī) — believer in positivism
- Hindi: तथ्यवादी (tathyavādī) — believer in positivism
- Italian: positivista — believer in positivism
- Portuguese: positivista — believer in positivism
- Russian: позитиви́ст (pozitivíst) — believer in positivism
- Slovak: pozitivista — believer in positivism
- Slovak: pozitivistka — believer in positivism
- Spanish: positivista — believer in positivism