positivismo
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positivismo m (plural positivismi)
- positivism (all senses)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French positivisme (“positivism”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).
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- Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧mo
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positivismo m (plural positivismos)
- optimism (tendency to expect the best)
- Synonym: otimismo
- Antonym: pessimismo
- (philosophy) positivism (philosophical doctrine)
- Synonym: comtismo
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positivismo m (plural positivismos)
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Further reading edit
- “positivismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014