comte

¹ American  

[kawnt] / kɔ̃t /

noun

French.

PLURAL

comtes

1. count.

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Comte ² American  

[kawnt, kawnt] / kɔ̃t, kɔ̃t /

noun

1. (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.

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Comte British  

/ kɔ̃t, ˈkɔːnˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. ( Isidore ) Auguste ( Marie François ) (oɡyst). 1798–1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism

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Other Word Forms

• Comtism noun
• Comtist adjective

Example Sentences

The march of science required a band, so a technocratic Catholic liberal, Auguste Comte, coined “sociology.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Comte’s Religion of Humanity had a priesthood of experts and a science-worshipping liturgy.

From The Wall Street Journal

I ate at Lutece and tried Chef Isabel Coss's stupendous honey semifreddo with comte and honeycomb.

From Salon

The sunlit opening of French writer-director Louise Courvoisier’s punchy, sweet coming-of-age debut feature, “Holy Cow,” set in a cheese-making pocket of France’s Comté region, is a lively welcome.

From Los Angeles Times

But when Totone learns that his region’s Gruyère-like specialty can land a 30,000-euro payday from a contest, he’s spurred, with his friends’ help, to revive his family’s operation and make a prizewinning Comté cheese.

From Los Angeles Times