positivismo

Definitions of positivismo
  1. noun
    a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
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    antonyms:
    negativismo
    characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
    types:
    asertividad, seguridad en sí mismo
    aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
    atrevimiento, descompostura, desempacho, desenfado, desenvoltura, desgarro, engreimiento, lambisconería, petulancia, prepotencia
    offensive boldness and assertiveness
    type of:
    cualidad
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  2. noun
    the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
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    type of:
    empirismo
    (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
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