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Rationalist

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Noun

1. positivist, rationalist

someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

Adjective

2. rationalist

of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism

Example Sentences:
'rationalist philosophy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rationalist

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n.
1. Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action.
2. Philosophy The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge.

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