Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
positivistic is an adjective meaning "of or relating to positivism". It carries one recorded sense.
of or relating to positivism
“positivist thinkers”
“positivist doctrine”
“positive philosophy”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for positivistic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.