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The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Lyman Abbott

Meaning of "rationalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RATIONALISM

rationalism  [ˈræʃənəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATIONALISM

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Rationalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATIONALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rationalism

In epistemology, rationalism is the view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". More formally, rationalism is defined as a methodology or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive". Rationalists believe reality has an intrinsically logical structure. Because of this, rationalists argue that certain truths exist and that the intellect can directly grasp these truths. That is to say, rationalists assert that certain rational principles exist in logic, mathematics, ethics, and metaphysics that are so fundamentally true that denying them causes one to fall into contradiction. Rationalists have such a high confidence in reason that proof and physical evidence are unnecessary to ascertain truth – in other words, "there are significant ways in which our concepts and knowledge are gained independently of sense experience". Because of this belief, empiricism is one of rationalism's greatest rivals.

Definition of rationalism in the English dictionary

The first definition of rationalism in the dictionary is reliance on reason rather than intuition to justify one's beliefs or actions. Other definition of rationalism is the doctrine that knowledge about reality can be obtained by reason alone without recourse to experience. Rationalism is also the doctrine that human knowledge can all be encompassed within a single, usually deductive, system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATIONALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATIONALISM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RATIONALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of rationalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rationalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATIONALISM

Find out the translation of rationalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rationalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rationalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

理性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

racionalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

rationalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुद्धिवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العقلانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рационализм
278 millions of speakers

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racionalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুক্তিবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rationalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rasionalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rationalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

合理主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

합리주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rasionalisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lý luận học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பகுத்தறிவுவாதம்
75 millions of speakers

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बुद्धीप्रामाण्यवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akılcılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

razionalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

racjonalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

раціоналізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

raționalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορθολογισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rasionalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rationalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rasjonalisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rationalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONALISM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rationalism

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7 QUOTES WITH «RATIONALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rationalism.
1
Lyman Abbott
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
2
David Almond
My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.
3
Edward McKendree Bounds
Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in God's revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.
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Ralph Adams Cram
As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.
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Arthur Erickson
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
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Czeslaw Milosz
It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.
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Huston Smith
Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATIONALISM»

Discover the use of rationalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rationalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reasons Without Rationalism
"--Jay Wallace, University of California, Berkeley "This is a valuable work that contains sharp and interesting arguments.
Kieran Setiya, 2010
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The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An ...
This concise and accessible introduction to Strauss's thought provides, for wider audience, a bridge to his more complex theoretical work.
Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, 1989
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Realistic Rationalism
The book illuminates a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of necessity, the distinction between the formal and natural sciences, empiricist holism, the structure of ontology, and philosophical skepticism.
Jerrold J. Katz, 1997
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Essays on Realism and Rationalism
The book's essays represent an important contribution to the contemporary philosophical debate concerning Realism and Rationalism.
Alan Musgrave, 1999
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From Rationalism to Existentialism: The Existentialists and ...
In this text, philosopher Robert Solomon provides students with an introduction to modern existentialism.
Robert C. Solomon, 2001
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Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars
This volume is part of a four-volume series about art and its interpretation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Briony Fer, 1993
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Economic Rationalism and Rural Society in Third-Century AD ...
This book reconstructs the life and workings of a large private estate in Egypt under Roman rule in the third century AD, on the basis of hundreds of surviving letters and accounts written on papyrus.
Dominic Rathbone, 1991
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Realism, Rationalism and Scientific Method: Volume 1: ...
These two volumes fully display the variety of his ideas, and confirm the originality and significance of his work. Philosophical Papers: Volume 1: Realism, rationalism and scientific method. Volume 2: Problems of empiricism.
Paul K. Feyerabend, 1985
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Between Rationalism and Empiricism: Selected Papers in the ...
This collection of 38 essays should help to make Scheibe's philosophical ideas better known to an international audience.
Erhard Scheibe, Brigitte Falkenburg, 2001
10
Rationalism in Politics: And Other Essays
This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of "reason" in rationalist politics.
Michael Oakeshott, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATIONALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rationalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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The World Needs Scientific Rationalism
A scan of recent science-related headlines makes sorry reading for anyone with a rational, evidence-based world view. Drought in some places and flooding in ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
2
Rationalism takes a back seat in Mysore law court
MYSURU: Rationalism seems to have taken a back seat in the administration of Mysore law courts with the administrators deciding to close the second ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
3
UP IPS officer forms 'PK-OMG Trust' against superstition, for …
The Trust shall be supporting people working the field of rationalism and anti-superstition, other than awarding a few of them. WATCH: Subramanian Swamy: ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
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Kuvempu's birth anniversary to be observed as 'Rationalism Day'
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the State government will observe December 29 as Rationalism Day to mark the birth anniversary of poet laureate ... «The Hindu, Dec 14»
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Anti-rationalism
But there's a pattern emerging as barbarians flail for whatever new scrap of power they can grab, and that is a pattern of anti-rationalism – actual hostility to ... «RenewAmerica, Dec 14»
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On Descartes, Spinoza and the rise of rationalism and atheism
Descartes was an original proponent of the rationalist school of philosophy, a system of understanding the world based on reason (logic) as the path to ... «RenewAmerica, Dec 14»
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Rationalism takes hold
By the late 70s Western democracies were in the thrall of a theory known as economic rationalism. It was a coherent reworking of classic laissez-faire theory that ... «The Australian, Jun 14»
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How Does Islam View Reason & Rationalism?
Amid such heated argument about rationalism and reason, with some for, some against, and some criticizing Muslim lack of it (as seen in a speech by the Pope), ... «Onislam.net, Apr 14»
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The hubris of modern rationalism
Aristotle said that there can be “no motion without a mover,” and for thousands of years everyone had deferred to him. Yet after all those centuries, in the 17th ... «National Post, Apr 14»
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Western rationalism vs. the commitment of the whole person to God
Not long ago a Jesuit priest posted a reflection about the Catholic approach to truth in his personal blog. I am not going to quote, and I am not going to identify ... «Catholic Culture, Apr 14»

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