Positive
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Positive is a property of positivity and may refer to:
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Philosophy and humanities
- Affirmative (linguistics), a property of a non-negated expression (the opposite of negative)
- Affirmative (policy debate), the team which affirms the resolution
- A positive image, in photography, is one in which the value (lightness–darkness) correlates positively with that in the scene depicted
- Negative and positive rights, concerning the moral obligation of a person to do something for/to someone
- Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
- Positive law is man-made law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality)
- Positive liberty, the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one's own potential
- Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
- Positive psychology, a branch of psychology
- Positive science, for a general usage in humanities and social sciences referring to either
- Positive statement, in economics, a (possibly incorrect) factual statement
- Positivism, in philosophy, the name for theories which aim to be based on facts alone, eschewing metaphysics and religion
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In popular culture
- Positive (2007 film), a short film in Hindi on HIV and AIDS
- Positive (2008 film), a 2008 film
- "(Gotta Be) Positive", a song by Eddy Grant from Reparation
- Positive hardcore, a sub genre of hardcore punk
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Other uses
- Positive sign - in western astrology, the supposedly extroverted personalities of the fire and air signs
- Positive affectivity - the psychological capability to respond positively
- Beneficial - see wiktionary
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See also
- HIV positive people
- Negative (disambiguation)
- Negative (photography), as opposed to positive images used in such applications as slide projection or photo emulsion stencil-making
- Normative
- Optimism
- Positif
- Positive action (disambiguation)
- Positive (2008 film), a 2008 Malayalam language film directed by V. K. Prakash
- Positive organ
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