Comtianadj.n.

/ˈkɒmtɪən/

Forms: Also Comtean.

Etymology: < name of Auguste Comte (d. 1857), a French philosopher who founded the system known as positivism n.

A. adj.

Of or originating with Comte.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to positivism

Comtian1855

positivist1856

positivistic1859

Comtist1875

1855 [see sense B.].

1863 Athenæum 16 July 85/1 Distinctions between the Comtean synthesis and the synthetic philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer.

1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 261 Details referring to the ritual of Comtian worship.

B. n.

A Comtist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism > adherent of

positivist1853

Comtian1855

Comtist1875

1855 G. Brimley Tennyson in Ess. 279 No. 35 [of In Memoriam] is the answer to Comptian materialism..Had men been Comptians from the beginning there would have been no science.

Derivatives

ˈComtism n. the philosophical system of Comte, positivism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism

positivism1846

Comtism1872

1872 Spectator 7 Sept. 1142 From Locke has flowed the main stream of that philosophy..to which Comtism is only a tributary.

ˈComtist n. a follower or disciple of Comte, a positivist; also attributive or as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to positivism

Comtian1855

positivist1856

positivistic1859

Comtist1875

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism > adherent of

positivist1853

Comtian1855

Comtist1875

1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 262 Without being a professed Comtist.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 65 The Comtist argument against Christianity is simply a tacit ignoring of probable evidence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	comtian
释义	Comtianadj.n. /ˈkɒmtɪən/ Forms: Also Comtean. Etymology: < name of Auguste Comte (d. 1857), a French philosopher who founded the system known as positivism n. A. adj. Of or originating with Comte. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to positivism Comtian1855 positivist1856 positivistic1859 Comtist1875 1855 [see sense B.]. 1863 Athenæum 16 July 85/1 Distinctions between the Comtean synthesis and the synthetic philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 261 Details referring to the ritual of Comtian worship. B. n. A Comtist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism > adherent of positivist1853 Comtian1855 Comtist1875 1855 G. Brimley Tennyson in Ess. 279 No. 35 [of In Memoriam] is the answer to Comptian materialism..Had men been Comptians from the beginning there would have been no science. Derivatives ˈComtism n. the philosophical system of Comte, positivism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism positivism1846 Comtism1872 1872 Spectator 7 Sept. 1142 From Locke has flowed the main stream of that philosophy..to which Comtism is only a tributary. ˈComtist n. a follower or disciple of Comte, a positivist; also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to positivism Comtian1855 positivist1856 positivistic1859 Comtist1875 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > positivism > adherent of positivist1853 Comtian1855 Comtist1875 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 262 Without being a professed Comtist. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 65 The Comtist argument against Christianity is simply a tacit ignoring of probable evidence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1855
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