positivist
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9.0
- adjective
- /ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪst/
- Formal
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positivista
- Popular culture and positivist science in modern Italy disseminated topoi central to missionary discourse within secular ideological contexts.
- positivist science
- positivist approach
- positivist assumption
So almost everywhere we look, we see I'm calling them lies because they are not a reflection of anything factual or empirical or positivist.
- So almost everywhere we look, we see I'm calling them lies because they are not a reflection of anything factual or empirical or positivist.
Examples
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Civilization is another great example of the positivist attitude and assumptions being imported into a gameplay mechanic.
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Students who want a job at a top research school must profess faith in the positivist creed.
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And those of us in the positivist camp should not underestimate the importance of this impact.
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I can also remember writing an essay about fifteen years ago criticizing this positivist mode of history.
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But he was soon to share the period's unease with positivist doctrines.
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The strategy adopted here is to adapt psychology's positivist heritage rather than discard it.
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Her reading included the great figures of scientific and positivist modernity, such as Comte, Littre, and Darwin.
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The first aspect that characterizes China's worldview is its emphasis on the legal positivist notion of sovereignty.
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The Brazilian military's geopolitical and positivist-inspired doctrines continued to serve these organizational ends well for most of the twentieth century.
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The scientist's research was grounded in a positivist approach, focusing solely on observable evidence.
Synonyms
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8.4
Relating to the idea that knowledge comes from facts you can see
Focused on facts that you can see or measure and on scientific methods
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.8
A person who believes only ideas you can test by experience or logic have meaning
Surface Forms
Morphology
positivist = positivism (semi-transparent) = positiv + ist
The form relates directly to the doctrine 'positivism' with the relational/adherent suffix '-ist' attaching to the positiv- stem.
Etymology
Positivist comes from the word positive, which here means 'based on facts'. Thinkers used this idea to mean knowledge you can test or observe, so a positivist approach describes ideas or methods that focus on facts, not on guesswork.