Comtism

[kɔmtizәm]

Definition

(noun.) Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.

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Definition

(n.) Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

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Definition

n. the philosophical system of August Comte the founder of Positivism (1798-1857).—adj. Com′tian.—n. and adj. Comt′ist.

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