rationalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rational
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English rationalism
From rational + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: rationalisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The opinion opposed to mysticism in philosophy is sometimes spoken of as rationalism. Rationalism insists that all our beliefs ought ultimately to find for themselves articulate grounds. Such grounds, for rationalism, must consist of four things: (1) definitely statable abstract principles; (2) definite facts of sensation; (3) definite hypotheses based on such facts; and (4) definite inferences logically drawn.
gloss: Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: apriorism
intellectualism
Antonyms: sensationalism
irrationalism
traditionalism
mysticism
Related words: rationalist
rationality
empiricism
Derived words: antirationalism
critical rationalism
economic rationalism
pseudorationalism
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: عَقْلَانِيَّة
roman: ʕaqlāniyya
lang: Arabic
word: عَقْلِيَّة
roman: ʕaqliyya
lang: Belarusian
word: рацыяналі́зм
roman: racyjanalízm
lang: Catalan
word: racionalisme
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 理性主義 /理性主义
roman: lǐxìngzhǔyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 合理主義 /合理主义
roman: hélǐzhǔyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 唯理論 /唯理论
roman: wéilǐlùn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 純理論 /纯理论
roman: chúnlǐlùn
lang: Czech
word: racionalismus
lang: Dutch
word: rationalisme
lang: Esperanto
word: raciismo
lang: Finnish
word: rationalismi
lang: French
word: rationalisme
lang: Georgian
word: რაციონალიზმი
roman: racionalizmi
lang: German
word: Rationalismus
lang: Greek
word: ορθολογισμός
roman: orthologismós
lang: Hebrew
word: רַצְיוֹנָלִיזְם
roman: ratsionalízm
lang: Hebrew
word: שְׂכַלְתָּנוּת
roman: skhaltanút
lang: Hindi
word: तर्कबुद्धिवाद
roman: tarkabuddhivād
lang: Hindi
word: बुद्धिवाद
roman: buddhivād
lang: Hindi
word: तर्कवाद
roman: tarkavād
lang: Indonesian
word: rasionalisme
lang: Italian
word: razionalismo
lang: Latvian
word: racionālisms
lang: Malayalam
word: യുക്തിവാദം
roman: yuktivādaṁ
lang: Polish
word: racjonalizm
lang: Portuguese
word: racionalismo
lang: Romanian
word: raționalism
lang: Russian
word: рационали́зм
roman: racionalízm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: racionalizam
lang: Spanish
word: racionalismo
lang: Tamil
word: பகுத்தறிவியம்
roman: pakuttaṟiviyam
lang: Thai
word: เหตุผลนิยม
lang: Ukrainian
word: раціоналі́зм
roman: racionalízm
lang: Yiddish
word: ראַציאָנאַליזם
roman: ratsyonalizm