positivism (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[positivism 词源字典]
1847, the philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798-1857), who published "Philosophie positive" in 1830; see positive (adj.) in the "just the facts" sense + -ism. Related: Positivist; Positivistic.[positivism etymology, positivism origin, 英语词源]