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positivism

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Noun

a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

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

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Synonyms:
positivity positiveness logical positivism
Antonyms:
negativity negativeness negativism

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