Skip to content

- Robert Browning

📜
Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

...

Read full poem

verb

To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

Know more
Back To Dictionary

Dictionary Entry

positivism

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌɪzm/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)

A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.

Year 11 Word List

This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 11 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.

Origin

Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.

Common Phrases

. positivismpositivism logicalpositivism legal
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.

Synonyms

positivitylogical positivism

Antonyms

antipositivismnegativismnegativity

Related Words

comtianempiricismscientismverificationismexperimentalismnaturalism

Poetry examples for “positivism”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Poetry examples are still being gathered for this entry. They will appear here once matching poems are available in the library.