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POSITIVIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

Synonyms:

positivist; rationalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("positivist" is a kind of...):

nonreligious person (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "positivist"):

logical positivist (someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless)

Derivation:

positivism (the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation))

positivist (of or relating to positivism)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to positivism

Example:

positive philosophy

Synonyms:

positive; positivist; positivistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

positivism (the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation))

Derivation:

positivist (someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes)

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