rationalism

English

Wikipedia

Noun

rationalism (countable and uncountable; plural rationalisms)

1. (philosophy) The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason rather than experience, or divine revelation

Synonyms

• intellectualism

Antonyms

• irrationalism
• traditionalism

Derived terms

• critical rationalism

Related terms

• rationalist
• rationality

See also

• empiricism

Translations

philosophical theory

Croatian: racionalizam (hr) m. Czech: racionalismus (cs) m. Esperanto: raciismo (eo) German: Rationalismus (de) m.

Greek: ορθολογισμός (el) (orthologismós) m. Hebrew: שכלתנות (he) (sikhl'tanut) Romanian: raționalism (ro) Russian: рационализм (ru) (racionalízm) m. Spanish: racionalismo (es) f.