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POSITIVISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does positivistic mean?
• POSITIVISTIC (adjective)
The adjective POSITIVISTIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to positivism
Familiarity information: POSITIVISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to positivism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
positive; positivist; positivistic
Context example:
positive philosophy
Pertainym:
positivism (the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation))
Derivation:
positivism (the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation))
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