'positivistic' definitions:
Definition of 'positivistic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive]
Synonyms of 'positivistic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animist,
- animistic,
- atomistic,
- bigoted,
- commonsense,
- conceited,
- cosmotheistic,
- Cyrenaic,
- doctrinaire,
- doctrinarian,
- dogmatic,
- dogmatizing,
- down-to-earth,
- earthy,
- eclectic,
- Eleatic,
- empirical,
- Epicurean,
- eudaemonistic,
- existential,
- hardheaded,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- hylomorphous,
- hylotheistic,
- idealistic,
- instrumentalist,
- Marxian,
- Marxist,
- materialist,
- materialistic,
- matter-of-fact,
- mechanist,
- mechanistic,
- Megarian,
- metaphysical,
- monistic,
- naturalist,
- naturalistic,
- nominalist,
- opinionated,
- opinionative,
- opinioned,
- oracular,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- peremptory,
- pontifical,
- positive,
- positivist,
- practical,
- practical-minded,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- pronunciative,
- rational,
- rationalistic,
- realist,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- sane,
- scholastic,
- scientific,
- scientistic,
- secular,
- self-opinionated,
- self-opinioned,
- sensationalistic,
- sensible,
- sober-minded,
- sound,
- sound-thinking,
- Stoic,
- straight-thinking,
- syncretistic,
- theistic,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unromantic,
- unsentimental,
- utilitarian,
- vitalistic,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic,
- worldly