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】
A doctrine contending that sense perceptions are the only admissible basis of human knowledge and precise thought.
實證主義：認為感官的感知是人類知識及精確思維唯一可允許的基礎的主義
The application of this doctrine in logic, epistemology, and ethics.
實證哲學：實證主義在邏輯學、認識論及倫理學中的運用
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.
實證論：為超越神學及玄學而創(chuàng)設的奧古斯都孔德體系，這一體系以科學的等級為依據(jù)，以數(shù)學為基礎而以社會學為最高級
Any of several doctrines or viewpoints, often similar to Comte`s, that stress attention to actual practice over consideration of what is ideal:
實證論：通常與孔德的體系相似的一種主義或觀點，它們都強調(diào)對理想事物因素的實踐：
例句：
.Positivism became the ‘scientific’ base for authoritarian politics, especially in Mexico and Brazil.(Raymond Carr)
.實證論成為極權政治的‘科學’基礎，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

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