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Comtian

American  
[kom-tee-uhn, kawn-] / ˈkɒm ti ən, ˈkɔ̃- /

adjective

  1. Also Comtean. of or relating to the philosophy of Auguste Comte.


noun

  1. a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.

Etymology

Origin of Comtian

1850–55; A. Comte + -ian

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Today, Brazil's military organization is run by a bright, intellectual class of officers who are strongly influenced by the tenets of Comtian and Spencerian Positivism.*

From Time Magazine Archive

There could be no better illustration, as Prof. Geddes has pointed out, of the Comtian thesis that science is a "social phenomenon."

From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson

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