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positivism

[poz-i-tuh-viz-uhm] / ˈpɒz ɪ təˌvɪz əm /






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“Our positivism, our optimism, our hope in a better future is second to none. I think that’s what you’re seeing in those numbers, even as our community feels totally attacked.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Comte believed that humanity would struggle to transition to positivism, as religions provided comforting and meaningful structure and rituals.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

But there are other, more interesting questions to ask: what is Miss World’s place now, in the era of body positivism and fourth-wave feminism?

From The Guardian Dec. 8, 2019

Then there was Musil the philosophical scientist, interested in probability theory and logical positivism, as well as in the workings of the mind and the soul.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2019

Their movement from the point of view of many marked a religious reaction against the materialism and positivism which had failed so signally to satisfy longings of the human soul.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes




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