rationalism
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- noun
- /ˈræʃənəlɪzəm/
- Formal
- During the Enlightenment, rationalism emerged as a dominant ideology that challenged the reliance on authority and superstition.
- rationalism and empiricism
- Enlightenment rationalism
- scientific rationalism
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Watch on YouTubeIs all rationalism being thereby dismissed?
- Is all rationalism being thereby dismissed?
- So he's going to invoke a traditional hostility between what he's calling rationalism and tradition.
- The audience who he's addressing, he's trying to say, you know, you're not doing rationalism right.
- The ISM because of too many SSI guess rationalism.
Examples
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More fundamentally, however, the revolt was an expression of rationalism and antiauthoritarianism.
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Hence, Montagu criticizes the Western preoccupation with emotionless rationalism, preferring the spontaneity and naturalness seen in the East.
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I know that rationalism has had its day; the Age of Reason is no more.
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Yet this interest can also be explained in terms of a strong opposition to rationalism.
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Historical development is a process of expanding rationalism and rationalization.
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By contrast, the modern concept of individual rights is characterized by rationalism, individualism, and radicalism.
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In responding to them, the members of Bloomsbury remained true to their belief in critical rationalism.
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He steeped himself in the rationalism of the Enlightenment... and the romantic philosophy of Rousseau.
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Interestingly, philosophical tradition, as well as intuition, suggests that empiricism and rationalism are independent epistemological perspectives.
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The literature of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western philosophy supports at least three dominant philosophical systems: rationalism, empiricism, and neo-idealism.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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A belief in religious ideas based on reason and facts rather than on tradition or leaders
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To form opinions by using reason and evidence instead of following authority
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Forming opinions using reason and facts instead of following tradition or authority
Antonyms
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A belief that feelings, faith, or the unconscious mind matter more than logic
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Etymology
Rationalism comes from the Latin ratio, which means 'reason' or 'calculation', plus the ending -ism, meaning a 'belief' or 'system'. So rationalism is the belief that 'reason' and clear thinking, like the math word ratio, are the main source of knowledge.