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From (Auguste) Comte + -ism.
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Today it means: The positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top. Full definition →
From (Auguste) Comte + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.