interpretivism

I1N1T1E1R1P3R1E1T1I1V4I1S1M3

noun

antipositivism

Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouninterpretivism (countable and uncountable, plural interpretivisms)

plural interpretivisms

  1. countableuncountableantipositivism
  2. countableuncountablequalitative research
  3. countableuncountableA school of cultural anthropological thought founded by Franz Boas.
  4. countableuncountablelawA school of thought holding that law is not a set of given data, conventions, or physical facts, but what lawyers aim to construct or obtain in their practice.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
antipositivism

Origin

From interpretive + -ism.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

interpretivism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretivism

MLA

“interpretivism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretivism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interpretivism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretivism.

Source: interpretivism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.