positivismo

Italian

Noun

positivismo m (plural positivismi)

1. positivism (all senses)

Derived terms

• neopositivismo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French positivisme (“positivism”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʒ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʒ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈbiʒ.mu/ [pu.zi.tiˈβiʒ.mu]

• Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧mo

Noun

positivismo m (plural positivismos)

1. optimism (tendency to expect the best)

   Synonym: otimismo

   Antonym: pessimismo

2. (philosophy) positivism (philosophical doctrine)

   Synonym: comtismo

Related terms

• positivação
• positivado
• positivamente
• positivar
• positividade
• positivista
• positivo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /positiˈbismo/ [po.si.t̪iˈβ̞iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧mo

Noun

positivismo m (plural positivismos)

1. positivity, optimism
2. (philosophy) positivism

Derived terms

• neopositivismo

 

Related terms

• positivista

 

Further reading

• “positivismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16