HyperDic: positivist

English > 2 senses of the word positivist:
ADJECTIVEpertpositivist, positivistic, positiveof or relating to positivism
NOUNperson positivist, rationalistsomeone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical / metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
English > positivist: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to positivism.
Examples
  • "positivist thinkers"
  • "positivist doctrine"
Synonymspositivistic, positive
Spanishpositiva, positivista
Catalanpositivista
Nounspositivismthe form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
positivistsomeone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical / metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
English > positivist: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaningsomeone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical / metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes.
Synonymrationalist
Narrowerlogical positivistsomeone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless
Broadernonreligious personA person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
Spanishpositivista, racionalista
Catalanpositivista, racionalista
Adjectivespositivistof or relating to positivism
Nounspositivismthe form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

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