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Comtism

Comtism noun: the positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.

Noun

Comtism (uncountable)

  1. The positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.

Origin of Comtism

From (Auguste) Comte + -ism.

Questions about Comtism

What does Comtism mean?
Comtism means the positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.
What part of speech is Comtism?
Comtism is a noun.

Words near Comtism in the dictionary

  1. comtech
  2. comtes
  3. comtesse
  4. comtesses
  5. Comtian
  6. Comtism
  7. Comtist
  8. Comtists
  9. comtrace
  10. comtraces
  11. Comté

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