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...this may be because no other POSITIVE words are POSITIVE enough to define it...

what other word can i use in place of the second "positive"?

2006-11-16 14:10:48 · 9 answers · asked by kaymay09 4 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

The full statement is:
"Freedom may be very positive, but if we want to define it, the words that define it best are negatives (this may be because no other positive words are positive enough to define it)."

2006-11-16 14:31:17 · update #1

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Added note: I wouldn't say the problem with defining freedom is whether the words are "positive" enough. The problem seems more that freedom is "abstract," so differences in degree of freedom are intangible or vague and hard to describe. It is easier to describe in contrast to the lack of freedom, or oppression, where the difference in degree of "restrictions" on freedom are concrete and easier to compare.

Can you reword your sentence to explain that since freedom is an abstract concept, the degrees of freedom are intangible and hard to measure or describe in practical terms. So freedom is more easily described in terms of the opposite condition, since degrees of oppression, or restrictions on freedom, are concrete phenomena that are easier to describe in comparison.
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I would drop the first "positive" instead.

because no other words....

come across as positive.
convey or carry the same positive message.

etc.
capture the same essence or ideals.
connote the same meaning/feeling/intensity.
are as strong.
are appropriate or as accurate.
definite it or express it as well
describe it as closely or accurately
are as ideal.
are emphatic enough.

2006-11-16 14:20:37 · answer #1 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 1 0

Try these:

positive


adjective
Of a constructive nature: affirmative. Informal: upbeat. See help
Giving assent: affirmative, favorable. See affirm
Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed: categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal. See clear
Established beyond a doubt: certain, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, sure, unassailable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable. See certain, true
Known positively: certain, definite, sure. Idiom: for certain. See certain
Having no doubt: assured, certain, confident, sure, undoubting. See certain
Informal. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer 2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter 2. Informal: flat-out. Chiefly British: blooming. See big, limited

2006-11-16 14:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Andrew S 3 · 0 0

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2016-10-22 05:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

it depends.. you should use it in a sentence and see who comes up with what as a relative to the word "positive"

it's affirmative.

:D

2006-11-16 14:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Here are a few good choices that would work: explicit, definite, conclusive, clear-cut, decisive, unquestionable, confirmed, certain

2006-11-16 14:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by moonshadow79 2 · 0 0

Descriptive, optimistic, encouraging, upbeat, expressive.

2006-11-16 14:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

affirmative

favorable

precise

unassailable

assured

undoubting.

unequivocal

unambiguous

2006-11-16 14:27:30 · answer #7 · answered by sugar candy 6 · 0 1

CONSTRUCTIVE

2006-11-16 14:51:50 · answer #8 · answered by J B W 3 · 0 0

certain?

2006-11-16 14:14:45 · answer #9 · answered by simon says 2 · 0 0

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