unpolled (iou) and positivism (iou)

unpolled (iou)

unpolled adjective. M17.
[from UN-1 + polled pa. pple of POLL verb.]
Uncut, unshorn. rare. M17.
Not having voted at an election; not having had one's views etc. sought in an opinion poll. E19.

positivism noun. M19.
[French positivisme, formed as POSITIVE: see -ISM.]
A philosophical system elaborated by Auguste Comte, recognizing only positive facts and observable phenomena and rejecting metaphysics and theism; a humanistic religious system founded on this philosophy. Also, the belief that every intelligible proposition can be scientifically verified or falsified, and that philosophy can only be concerned with the analysis of the language used to express such propositions. M19.
logical positivism: see LOGICAL adjective.
Definiteness; certainty, assurance. M19.
Law. The view that laws and their operation derive validity from the fact of having been enacted by authority or of conforming to the established system, rather than from any considerations of morality, natural law, etc. E20.

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