Comte [kawnt; French kawnt] noun
- (I·si·dore) Au·guste (Ma·rie Fran·çois) [ee-zee-dawr oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
British Dictionary definitions for auguste comte Comte noun
- (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) (oɡyst). 1798–1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism
Derived FormsComtism (ˈkɔːnˌtɪzəm), nounComtist or Comtian, adjective, noun