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COMTE
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• COMTE (noun)
The noun COMTE has 1 sense:
1. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
Familiarity information: COMTE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Auguste Comte; Comte; Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Context examples
Those regions where the heaviest rainfall were found include Nord-pas-de-calais, Picardy, Isle of France – where Paris is located, Champagne-Ardenne, Burgundy, Centre and Franche-Comte.
(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)
This is how it runs: 'A le moult puissant et moult honorable chevalier, Sir Nigel Loring de Christchurch, de son tres fidele ami Sir Claude Latour, capitaine de la Compagnie blanche, chatelain de Biscar, grand seigneur de Montchateau, vavaseur de le renomme Gaston, Comte de Foix, tenant les droits de la haute justice, de la milieu, et de la basse.'
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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