positivizev.
/ˈpɒzᵻtᵻvʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɑzədəˌvaɪz/ transitive. To render positive or real.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > make real [verb (transitive)]
realize1611
actualize1809
positivizea1866
immanentize1926
a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 93 The notion of the summum bonum was very early de-idealized or positivized, and it was considered that nothing could..be considered to answer to this description except tangible, measurable, describable pleasure.
1940 Language 16 238 When the sign is combined with a morpheme or is used in another grammatical category (hypostasis)..it is said to be characterized or positivized.
1971 S. Heath & C. Prendergast tr. J. Kristeva in Signs of Times 2 It will henceforth be possible to..positivise the (platonic) idea by positing the domain of signification.
1999 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 26 554/1 (caption) Habitat breadth index contrasts and local abundance index contrasts for sunfishes, with the independent contrast positivized as suggested by Garland et al. (1992).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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