Comte, Auguste Syllabification: (Comte, Auguste)Pronunciation: /kôNt/Definition of Comte, Auguste (1798–1857), French philosopher; one of the founders of sociology. His positivist philosophy attempted to define the laws of social evolution and to found a genuine social science that could be used for social reconstruction. Derivatives ComtismPronunciation: /ˈkôNˌtizəm/ noun Comte, Auguste in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Comte, Auguste in the British & World English dictionary
