positive
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1. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | film, photographic film, |
| definition | : | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | lantern slide, slide, |
| definition | : | a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector (noun.artifact) |
2. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | adjective, |
| definition | : | a word that expresses an attribute of something (noun.communication) |
| hypernym | : | adverb, |
| definition | : | a word that modifies something other than a noun (noun.communication) |
3. involving advantage or good (adj.all)
| similar | : | advantageous, |
| definition | : | giving an advantage (adj.all) |
4. persuaded of; very sure (adj.all)
| similar | : | certain, sure, |
| definition | : | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured (adj.all) |
5. marked by excessive confidence (adj.all)
| similar | : | confident, |
| definition | : | having or marked by confidence or assurance (adj.all) |
6. having a positive charge (adj.all)
| similar | : | charged, |
| definition | : | of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge (adj.all) |
7. impossible to deny or disprove (adj.all)
| similar | : | undeniable, |
| definition | : | not possible to deny (adj.all) |
8. formally laid down or imposed (adj.all)
| similar | : | formal, |
| definition | : | being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (adj.all) |
9. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adj.all)
| similar | : | constructive, |
| definition | : | emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good (adj.all) |
| also | : | constructive, |
| definition | : | constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development (adj.all) |
| also | : | optimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds (adj.all) |
| also | : | supportive, |
| definition | : | furnishing support or assistance (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | quality, |
| definition | : | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute) |
10. greater than zero (adj.all)
| similar | : | plus, |
| definition | : | on the positive side or higher end of a scale (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | math, mathematics, maths, |
| definition | : | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition) |
11. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (adj.all)
| similar | : | gram-positive, |
| definition | : | (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
12. marked by excessive confidence (adj.all)
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
13. impossible to deny or disprove (adj.all)
14. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adj.all)
| antonym | : | negative, |
| definition | : | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neutral, |
| definition | : | possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
15. greater than zero (adj.all)
16. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion (adj.all)
| antonym | : | negative, |
| definition | : | reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive (adj.all) |
17. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (adj.all)
| antonym | : | disconfirming, negative, |
| definition | : | not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition (adj.all) |
18. of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | positivist, rationalist, |
| definition | : | someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person) |
19. marked by excessive confidence (adj.all)
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
20. impossible to deny or disprove (adj.all)
21. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adj.all)
| antonym | : | negative, |
| definition | : | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neutral, |
| definition | : | possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
22. greater than zero (adj.all)
23. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion (adj.all)
| antonym | : | negative, |
| definition | : | reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive (adj.all) |
24. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (adj.all)
| antonym | : | disconfirming, negative, |
| definition | : | not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition (adj.all) |
25. of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | positiveness, positivism, positivity, |
| definition | : | a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | positivist, rationalist, |
| definition | : | someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person) |
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