positivismo
Italian
Noun
positivismo m (plural positivismi)
- positivism (all senses)
Derived terms
- neopositivismo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French positivisme (“positivism”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʒ.mu/
- Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧mo
Noun
positivismo m (plural positivismos)
- optimism (tendency to expect the best)
- Synonym: otimismo
- Antonym: pessimismo
- (philosophy) positivism (philosophical doctrine)
- Synonym: comtismo
Related terms
- positivação
- positivado
- positivamente
- positivar
- positividade
- positivista
- positivo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /positiˈbismo/ [po.si.t̪iˈβ̞iz.mo]
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧mo
Noun
positivismo m (plural positivismos)
- positivity, optimism
- (philosophy) positivism
Derived terms
- neopositivismo
Related terms
- positivista
Further reading
- “positivismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014