positivism

Other forms of positivism

plural

positivisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about positivism

What does positivism mean?

positivism means "the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in positivism?

positivism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈpɑzətɪˌvɪzəm/.

What is another word for positivism?

Close synonyms include logical positivism, positivity, positiveness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is positivism a common word?

positivism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with positivism?

8 words rhyme with positivism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.