positivism

English Thesaurus

1. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	quality,
definition	:	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	assertiveness, self-assertiveness,
definition	:	aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions (noun.attribute)

2. the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism,
definition	:	(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	comtism,
definition	:	Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top (noun.cognition)

3. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	negativeness, negativism, negativity,
definition	:	characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cocksure, overconfident, positive,
definition	:	marked by excessive confidence (adj.all)

derivation	:	positive,
definition	:	characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	positive, positivist, positivistic,
definition	:	of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)

4. the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	logical positivist,
definition	:	someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless (noun.person)

derivation	:	positivist, rationalist,
definition	:	someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person)

derivation	:	positive, positivist, positivistic,
definition	:	of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)

5. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	negativeness, negativism, negativity,
definition	:	characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cocksure, overconfident, positive,
definition	:	marked by excessive confidence (adj.all)

derivation	:	positive,
definition	:	characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	positive, positivist, positivistic,
definition	:	of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)

6. the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	logical positivist,
definition	:	someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless (noun.person)

derivation	:	positivist, rationalist,
definition	:	someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person)

derivation	:	positive, positivist, positivistic,
definition	:	of or relating to positivism (adj.pert)