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1. (n.) rationalism
the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
2. rationalism
a philosophic doctrine that reason alone is a source of knowledge and is independent of experience.
3. rationalism
a doctrine that all knowledge is expressible in self-evident propositions or their consequences.
4. rationalism
a doctrine that human reason, unaided by divine revelation, is an adequate or the sole guide to all attainable religious truth.
Etymology: (1790–1800)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rationalism
(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
2. (noun) rationalism
the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
3. (noun) rationalism, freethinking
the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rationalism
the doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation
2. (noun) rationalism
the system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism
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