名詞 positivism:

1. the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
   同義詞：logical positivism
2. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
   同義詞：positivity, positiveness

pos.i.tiv.ism

n.（名詞）
Philosophy
【哲學(xué)】
A doctrine contending that sense perceptions are the only admissible basis of human knowledge and precise thought.
實(shí)證主義：認(rèn)為感官的感知是人類知識(shí)及精確思維唯一可允許的基礎(chǔ)的主義
The application of this doctrine in logic, epistemology, and ethics.
實(shí)證哲學(xué)：實(shí)證主義在邏輯學(xué)、認(rèn)識(shí)論及倫理學(xué)中的運(yùn)用
The system of Auguste Comte designed to supersede theology and metaphysics and depending on a hierarchy of the sciences, beginning with mathematics and culminating in sociology.
實(shí)證論：為超越神學(xué)及玄學(xué)而創(chuàng)設(shè)的奧古斯都孔德體系，這一體系以科學(xué)的等級(jí)為依據(jù)，以數(shù)學(xué)為基礎(chǔ)而以社會(huì)學(xué)為最高級(jí)
Any of several doctrines or viewpoints, often similar to Comte`s, that stress attention to actual practice over consideration of what is ideal:
實(shí)證論：通常與孔德的體系相似的一種主義或觀點(diǎn)，它們都強(qiáng)調(diào)對(duì)理想事物因素的實(shí)踐：
例句：
.Positivism became the ‘scientific’ base for authoritarian politics, especially in Mexico and Brazil.(Raymond Carr)
.實(shí)證論成為極權(quán)政治的‘科學(xué)’基礎(chǔ)，尤指在墨西哥及巴西.(雷蒙·卡爾)

The state or quality of being positive.
積極性：積極的狀態(tài)或性質(zhì)

【引伸】
pos.itivist 或
pos.itivis.tic
adj.（形容詞）
pos.itivist
n.（名詞）