Definition of Positivist

1. Adjective. Of or relating to positivism. "Positive philosophy"

Exact synonyms: Positive, Positivistic
Derivative terms: Positiveness, Positivism
Partainyms: Positivism, Positivism, Positivism

2. Noun. Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes.
Exact synonyms: Rationalist
Generic synonyms: Nonreligious Person
Specialized synonyms: Logical Positivist
Derivative terms: Positivism, Rationalism

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

positive sense
positive side waterproofing
positive side waterproofings
positive stimulus
positive transition
positive zero
positively
positively charged
positiveness
positivenesses
positiver
positives
positivest
positivism
positivisms
positivist (current term)
positivistic
positivists
positivities
positivity
positon
positons
positron
positron emission tomography
positron emission tomography scanner
positronia
positronic
positronium
positroniums
positrons

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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