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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   antipositivism countable, uncountable
2. 2
   qualitative research countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A school of cultural anthropological thought founded by Franz Boas. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A school of thought holding that law is not a set of given data, conventions, or physical facts, but what lawyers aim to construct or obtain in their practice. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

antipositivismantipositivism

Etymology

From interpretive + -ism.

Related phrases

qualitative researchschool of thought

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