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positivist: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes; of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"

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optimist collapse: a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

dogmatist collapse: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

purist collapse: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

existential collapse: relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence); of or as conceived by existentialism; "an existential moment of choice"

instrumentalist collapse

transcendentalist collapse: advocate of transcendentalism

bigot collapse: a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own

mechanistic collapse: explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe"; of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism

stickler collapse: someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness"

empirical collapse: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

hedonistic collapse

donkey collapse: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

rationalistic collapse: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism

theistic collapse

metaphysical collapse: highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"; without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"; pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy"

utilitarian collapse: someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility; having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"; having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware"

doctrinaire collapse: stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

diehard collapse

intransigent collapse

hardnose collapse

realist collapse: a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them; a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style; a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

pantheistic collapse

positivistic collapse

materialistic collapse: marked by materialism

mule collapse: hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile; a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

pragmatical collapse

idealistic collapse

pragmatic collapse: of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

Marxist collapse: an advocate of Marxism; following the ideas of Marx and Engels

eclectic collapse: someone who selects according to the eclectic method; selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

naturalistic collapse: representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers"

fanatic collapse: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill; marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"

ass collapse: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse; a pompous fool

scholastic collapse: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian; of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

maverick collapse: an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

adherent collapse: sticking fast

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