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1: reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth2 a: a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions b: a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems3: functionalism 2
— ra·tio·nal·ist
\-nə-list\
noun
— rationalist or ra·tio·nal·is·tic
\ˌrash-nə-ˈlis-tik, ˌra-shə-nə-ˈlis-\
adjective
— ra·tio·nal·is·ti·cal·ly
\-ti-k(ə-)lē\
adverb
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