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adjectivepositivistic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to positivism.
The scientistic and positivistic version of Marxism developed in Engels's later writings was adopted by Kautsky without modification; his world-view was dominated by scientific rigour devoid of sentiment and value-judgements […]
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36
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adjectiveof or relating to positivism
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