RATIONALISM
\ɹˈaʃənəlˌɪzəm], \ɹˈaʃənəlˌɪzəm], \ɹ_ˈa_ʃ_ə_n_ə_l_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of RATIONALISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
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The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; - opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
By Oddity Software
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The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
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The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; - opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Doctrines of a rationalist.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. An exclusive reliance on reason or the logical faculty ; a theory or system which makes reason the sole means of acquiring knowledge and of testing truth ;-especially, a theological system which rejects the prophecies, miracles, supernatural revelations, and inspiration of the Bible as contrary to reason.
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