rationalist
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1. someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | nonreligious person, |
| definition | : | a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | logical positivist, |
| definition | : | someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth (noun.cognition) |
2. of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience (noun.cognition) |
3. someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes (noun.person)
| derivation | : | logical positivism, positivism, |
| definition | : | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth (noun.cognition) |
4. of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience (noun.cognition) |
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