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rationalistic

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ra·tion·al·ism  (rsh-n-lzm)
n.
1. Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action.
2. Philosophy The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge.
ration·al·ist n.
ration·al·istic adj.
ration·al·isti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rationalistic - of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism
Translations
rationalistic [ˌræʃnəˈlɪstɪk] ADJ → racionalista
rationalistic
adj → rationalistisch


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Once Philip asked him a question, which he had heard his uncle put when the conversation at the vicarage had fallen upon some mildly rationalistic work which was then exciting discussion in the newspapers.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
By failure, as we think, of that historic sense, of [34] which he could speak so well, he got no further in this direction than the glacial condition of rationalistic Geneva.
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In literature, both prose and verse, the rationalistic and practical spirit showed itself in the enthroning above everything else of the principles of utility and common sense in substance and straightforward directness in style.
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