"positivisms" in the noun sense
1. positivism, logical positivism
the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
2. positivity, positiveness, positivism
a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
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