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rationalism
 
Noun rationalism has 3 senses
  1. rationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
    --1 is a kind of     philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
  2. rationalism - the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
    --2 is a kind of     theological doctrine, religious doctrine
    --2 has particulars: deism, free thought
  3. rationalism, freethinking - the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
    --3 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
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