rationalist
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- noun
- /ˈræʃənəlɪst/
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racionalista
- As a rationalist, she believed that all conclusions should be drawn from observable facts.
That's an idea that rationalists had about where our ideas come from.
- That's an idea that rationalists had about where our ideas come from.
- He was critical of the rationalists of the neoscholastics.
- He was critical of the rationalists, of the Neo scholastics.
Examples
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Marx was an example of a rationalist who was simultaneously a romantic.
Academic text (1997) -
Homeopaths, on the other hand, are the butt of jokes for rationalists the world over.
Blog text (14) -
The rationalist has no difficulty at all with our original question: What is education for?
Academic text (1991) -
"You may be a rationalist," Todywalla said.
Fiction book (1994) -
Is there such a thing as an academic rationalist curriculum that should be transmitted to the gifted only?
Academic text (1991) -
And this is where many rationalists are quite disingenuous in their approach.
Blog text (2) -
I'm a rationalist.
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He was critical of the rationalists of the neoscholastics.
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The rationality and intelligibility of the cosmos converted Einstein into a believing rationalist.
Academic text (2009) -
The third is an insistence on a spacious view of education, in opposition to the rationalist's narrow focus on manpower training and civic indoctrination.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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A person who believes only facts that can be seen or measured count as knowledge
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A person who thinks and argues in a clear, logical way
A person who thinks carefully and uses logic to solve problems
A person who believes reason matters more than feelings when deciding
How Rational
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595
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rationalist comes from the Latin root ratio 'reason' or 'calculation', the same root in rational and ratio. So a rationalist is someone who trusts reason and evidence rather than guesses or stories.