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Definition of Positivist
1. Noun. Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes.
Generic synonyms: Nonreligious Person
Specialized synonyms: Logical Positivist
Derivative terms: Positivism, Rationalism
2. Adjective. Of or relating to positivism. "Positive philosophy"
Derivative terms: Positiveness, Positivism
Partainyms: Positivism, Positivism, Positivism
Definition of Positivist
1. n. A believer in positivism.
Definition of Positivist
1. Noun. A believer in positivism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Positivist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Positivist
Literary usage of Positivist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"positivist: Oct. The Historical Method of Professor Freeman. ... positivist: Feb.
Nomination of his Successor by P. Laffitte. positivist : June. ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1872)
"A positivist Primer: Being a Series of Familiar Conversations on the Religion of
Humanity. By CG DAVID. New York: David, Wesley & Co. 1871. ..."
3. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"Cotter Morison was, as I have said, a member of the positivist Society, and one
of his ... But his last work is, from the high positivist standpoint, ..."
4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"... I took pains to inaugurate the organic transition by the construction of the
positivist Calendar; its triumphant success attests the reasonableness of ..."
5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1872)
"A positivist Primer: Being a Series of Familiar Conversations on the Religion of
Humanity. By CG DAVID. New York: David, Wesley & Co. 1871. ..."
6. Essays Political, Social, and Religious by Richard Congreve (1892)
"Accept, my dear Confrere, the expression of my respect and fraternal devotion,
FABIEN MAGNIN, Working Engineer, President of the positivist Society, ..."
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