Pestosis

An Illness related to excessive pesto intake

Damn that girl got pestosis

by Flavourstone September 10, 2018

positoxitivity

(pä-zə-ˈtäk-si-ti-və-tē) - Positive, in an Toxic Lifestyle, by leveraging toxic actions, for an advantage.

Hoodville’s, positoxitivity, is the way of Life.

by The Booru June 9, 2021

Positising

Conversion of negative situation/scenario into a

positive

I didn't get that job, but from a positising point of view it's ok because the pay wasn't enough anyway

by Nogarryno November 24, 2021

Positionist

A person who is being prejudice or discriminatory towards someone for their position.
Often used for when a person (cis-man) is being prejudice towards a gay man for doing something typically associated with one stereotype of gay.

Example:
Man wearing a dress: “I’m a top.”
Positionist man: “You are not a top. Tops don’t wear dresses.”

Example:
Positionist man: “I’m masc man, looking for same. No nail polish wearing femmes bother!”

by TripDawg21 February 2, 2023

Positivist Moralism

A form of moralism emerging from positivist philosophy—the view that only scientific knowledge is genuine knowledge—where those who rely on other ways of knowing are treated as morally deficient. The positivist moralist insists that science is the only path to truth, and those who walk other paths are not just mistaken but irresponsible, lazy, or irrational. Knowledge gained through tradition, experience, intuition, or revelation is not just different but illegitimate, and those who claim such knowledge are not just wrong but blameworthy. Positivist moralism transforms a philosophical position about the nature of knowledge into a weapon for judging persons, using "unscientific" as a term of moral condemnation rather than descriptive classification.

Example: "He dismissed her grandmother's healing knowledge as 'unscientific'—not just different, but morally suspect. Positivist Moralism: using a theory of knowledge as a tool for character assassination."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 14, 2026

Positivist Puritanism

A purity culture within communities committed to positivist views of knowledge—the belief that only scientific knowledge is genuine—where adherence to this principle becomes a test of virtue. Positivist puritanism demands that true members reject all non-scientific knowledge claims absolutely, never acknowledge value in other ways of knowing, never entertain questions that can't be scientifically answered. Members are judged by the purity of their commitment to science as the sole path to truth, and any deviation—any interest in philosophy, any respect for tradition, any acknowledgment of experiential knowledge—becomes grounds for exclusion. The result is a community that claims to value evidence and reason while being utterly closed to evidence about the limitations of science or the value of other approaches.

Example: "He was expelled from the group for suggesting that maybe poetry could tell us something science couldn't—Positivist Puritanism, where any deviation from scientism is heresy."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 14, 2026

Positivist Panopticon

A panopticon rooted in 19th‑century positivism—the belief that only scientifically verified knowledge is genuine. Its modern gaze polices academia, media, and policy, demanding that all claims be reducible to empirical observation, measurement, and law‑like generalizations. The Positivist Panopticon dismisses hermeneutics, critical theory, qualitative research, and any approach that does not yield “positive facts.” It operates through funding priorities, journal peer review, and institutional prestige, training researchers to avoid “speculative” questions. The result is a narrowing of legitimate inquiry: what cannot be counted does not count.

Example: “Her qualitative study of grief rituals was called ‘not real research’ by a positivist panopticon that only valued controlled variables and statistical significance.”

by Abzugal April 6, 2026