pos|i|tiv|ism

pos|i|tiv|ism
pos|i|tiv|ism «POZ uh tuh VIHZ uhm», noun.
1. a philosophical system founded by Auguste Comte, a French philosopher and sociologist, that deals only with positive facts and phenomena, rejecting abstract speculation.
2. a positive condition or quality; definiteness; assurance; dogmatism.
[< French positivisme (coined by Comte)]

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