positivista
Italian
Etymology
From positivo + -ista.
Adjective
positivista (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)
- positivist
- pragmatic
Noun
positivista m or f by sense (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)
- positivist
- pragmatist
Related terms
- positivismo
Further reading
- positivista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French positiviste (“positivist”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧ta
Noun
positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)
- positivist (a believer in positivism)
- Synonym: comtista
Related terms
- positivismo
- positivo
Further reading
- “positivista” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
positivo + -ista
Adjective
positivista (plural positivistas)
- positivist
Noun
positivista m or f (plural positivistas)
- positivist
Related terms
- positivismo
Further reading
- “positivista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014