Legal Definition and Related Resources of Positive

Meaning of Positive

Express; absolute; not doubtful. This word is frequently used in composition.

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Synonyms of Positive

(Confident), adjective

assured
believing
certain
certus
convinced
decide: decisive
definite
determined
fully convinced
ins;: ent
perfectly sure
persuaded
reassured
satisfied
;rcure
selfassured
selfconfident
sure
trusting undoubdng
unhesitating
unquestioning
unshakt’ untroubled
unwavering Associated Concepts: positive identification

(Incontestable), adjective

absolute
ascertained
authentic
axiomatic
beyond all question
beyond doubt
categom: certain
clear
conclusive
decided
definite
determinate
evident
explicit
final
inappealable
incontrovertible
indisputable
inescapable
infallible
irrefragable
irrefutabledispute
precise
reliable
sound
sure
true
trui worthy
unanswerable
unchallengeable
unconfundible
undeniable
unequivocal
unerringforeign phrases: Aliudestpossidere
aliud esse inpossessione
It is one thing to possess; it is another to be in possession

Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Positive

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early 14c., originally a legal term meaning “formally laid down,” from Old French positif (13c.) and directly from Latin positivus “settled by agreement, positive” (opposed to naturalis “natural”), from positus, past participle of ponere “put, place” (see position; this term is also a noun.). Sense of “absolute” is from mid-15c. Meaning in philosophy of “dealing only with facts” is from 1590s. Sense broadened to “expressed without qualification” (1590s), then “confident in opinion” (1660s); mathematical use is from 1704; in electricity, 1755. Psychological sense of “concentrating on what is constructive and good” is recorded from 1916.

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