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English noun: rationalism | |||
| 1. | rationalism (cognition) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | ||
| Domain category | philosophy | ||
| 2. | rationalism (cognition) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | theological doctrine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deism, free thought | ||
| 3. | rationalism (cognition) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | ||
| Synonyms | freethinking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | ||
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