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Meanings of positive in English
Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
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Catalan
positivista Spanish
positiva Of or relating to positivism.
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Examples for "empiricism"
Examples for "empiricism"
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But it was really important to us to stay rooted in empiricism.
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Other forces besides the empiricism of Francis Bacon converged on this development.
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But if we adopt a universal empiricism, then mathematics will be included.
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Observation is perhaps more powerful an organon than either experiment or empiricism.
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Eakins invented American empiricism-his subject became failure and the recompenses of failure.
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The positivist belief in universal and rigid determinism, especially shown in Taine.
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They are bringing the wonder of the world back to the positivist.
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These positivist sentiments sound strange, particularly from the mouth of a Brâhman.
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The man was a leveller, a chartist, a positivist- adespiserof dignities!
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But let's rather return to our original problem, the positivist philosophy.
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The result is what one may call the growth of naturalistic or positivistic feeling.
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Wolfgang found this argument too one-sided and much too positivistic.
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These positivistic research methods have made available answers.
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The positivistic stream of thought was not more in favour of a real evolution than was the Romantic school.
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On the basis of a positivistic and rather perfunctory metaphysic, they built a social ideal and a theory of art.
Photograph in which the tones or colors correspond to (that is, are not reversed from) their appearance in nature.
Usage of positive in English
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Moreover, today's positive market effects demand further qualification beyond the health crisis.
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However, positive results from Commerzbank gave a lift to banks across Europe.
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However, the reports present a very positive picture, especially at primary level.
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However, analysts said it contained no new, positive developments for the industry.
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Important idea number 1: Matter is made of positive and negative charges.
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Rugby union led the number of positive tests in Britain last year.
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Background: Regular physical activity has positive effects on health at all ages.
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Today however, I carry another more ambiguous, and I think positive, message.
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Yet the impact on investment banks' top lines was far from positive.
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In the long term, a positive energy balance will result in obesity.
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It's a large market and a positive media market for the President.
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He said all the new cases were consistently positive after repeated tests.
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However, it was still taking the positive results very seriously, it said.
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However, DBPCFCs are still necessary in the presence of positive test results.
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We've seen continued positive murmuring on the trade negotiations in recent days.
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Analysts said, however, that stocks would need positive surprises to keep rising.
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Catalan
Positive through the time
Positive across language varieties
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Common
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