COMTISM - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kâmtizum
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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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	See Also:	logical positivism, positivism

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Com"tism\ (? or ?), n. [Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte.] Positivism; the positive philosophy. See {Positivism}.