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antirationalist

antirationalist

9.5
Against using reason or logic to explain things
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.tiˈræʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/
  • Specialized
: antirracionalista
  • The movement's antirationalist philosophy argued that not everything could be explained through reason alone.

Examples

  • In the humanities, it offers a politicized curriculum, the core of which is antirationalist, antihumanist, and antiliberal.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Lafitau adopted a largely antirationalist, anti-Cartesian approach to the language of symbolic representation, reducing all cultural expression to a grammar of symbols.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The professor's lecture on art was deeply antirationalist, emphasizing emotions over logic.

  • Many artists took an antirationalist stance, believing that feelings and intuition should guide creativity.

Synonyms

antirational
vsantirationalist
1 8.8

Rejecting reason and logic when making decisions or holding beliefs

is specifically about opposing systems or methods that prioritize reason
nonrationalist
vsantirationalist
  • Specialized
9.0

Not based only on reason and valuing feeling and faith

opposes using reason and reasoning methods rather than limiting its role

How Rational

rationalist
  • Formal
4 7.5
antirationalist
  • Specialized
9.5
irrational
160 4.4

Surface Forms

antirationalist positive

Morphology

antirationalist = rationalist (transparent) = anti + rational + ist

The meaning is built straightforwardly from anti- plus the base word rationalist, so the opposition relation is clear.

Etymology

Antirationalist is built from anti- meaning 'against' and rational (from ratio) meaning 'reason', so it describes ideas or views that are 'against' using reason as the main guide.