Positivism
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
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a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
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unclassified
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unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- logical positivismpositivity
- plural
- Positivisms
- possessive
- Positivism's
- pluralpossessive
- Positivisms'