单词	rationalism
释义	rationalism noun ra·​tio·​nal·​ism ˈrash-nə-ˌli-zəm  ˈra-shə-nə-ˌli- 1 : reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth 2 a : a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions b : a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems 3 : functionalism sense 2 rationalist ˈrash-nə-list  ˈra-shə-nə-list noun rationalist adjective or rationalistic ˌrash-nə-ˈli-tik  ˌra-shə-nə-ˈli- rationalistically ˌrash-nə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē  ˌra-shə-nə-ˈli- adverb Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Black Dogs is a novel of ideas pitting rationalism against spiritualism and encompassing the Holocaust and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Theological modernism led liberal Christian theologians to create an alternative path between the rigid orthodoxies of Christian churches and the rationalism of atheists and others. Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 This medieval or Gothic aesthetic could make the Romantics, in turn, hostile to the airless rationalism and classicism of the Enlightenment. Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Meanwhile, the tribes grow to appreciate the Galaxy Team’s technological rationalism. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2022 Fox writes: Today, most of us view scientific rationalism and spiritualist belief as mutually exclusive. Neal Ascherson, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2021 China has held an internal debate between economic rationalism and economic nationalism for over 40 years, with nationalism gaining under President Xi Jinping. Frank Lavin, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 His orthodox Christian rationalism has inspired innumerable other modern writers, including T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, Étienne Gilson, Buckley, and Malcolm Muggeridge. M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 8 Aug. 2021 Secularists replace religious faith with naturalism, rationalism and empiricism. Star Tribune, 15 July 2021 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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