positivista

Italian

Etymology

From positivo +‎ -ista.

Adjective

positivista (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)

1. positivist
2. pragmatic

Noun

positivista m or f by sense (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)

1. positivist
2. pragmatist

Related terms

• positivismo

Further reading

• positivista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʃ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.zi.tiˈbiʃ.tɐ/ [pu.zi.tiˈβiʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧ta

Noun

positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)

1. positivist (a believer in positivism)

   Synonym: comtista

Related terms

• positivismo
• positivo

 

Further reading

• “positivista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From positivo +‎ -ista.

Adjective

positivista m or f (masculine and feminine plural positivistas)

1. positivist

Noun

positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)

1. positivist

Related terms

• positivismo

 

Further reading

• “positivista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10