positivists

plural of positivist

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Noun
  • But, for the optimists, the renewal is more pronounced these days.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
  • That signaled that perhaps a resolution was at hand, but the resolution even came quicker than optimists may have hoped.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Of the roiling mass of restless natives, cranky artists and tattered idealists who rose up across the Southland this summer to flip off darkness and call America back to its better angels?
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But Loktev is quick to correct anyone who perceives My Undesirable Friends as a snapshot of idealists under duress.
    Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Positivists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positivists. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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