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rationalism
noun(ra-tio-nal-ism)
reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth
rationalism
noun(ra-tio-nal-ism)
a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions
rationalism
noun(ra-tio-nal-ism)
a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems
rationalism
adjective(ra-tio-nal-ism)
opposed or contrary to what is rational : deliberately or utterly irrational

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