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Recent Examples of Synonyms for positivists
Noun
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And Cain and guitarist Neal Schon appear to have remained among the cockeyed optimists.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Those who give themselves an 8 or higher on the question about the future are categorized as optimists.—
Linley Sanders,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At least there were idealists who dreamed such fancies, and their dreams were the pretext for creating this nation.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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Some idealists set out to build a new community from scratch.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Positivists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positivists. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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