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rationalistic, a.|ˌræʃənəˈlɪstɪk|
[f. prec.]
1. Characterized by rationalism.
1830Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 415 Against a rationalistic Christianity Rationalism may triumph. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 411 A rationalistic spirit which revolted against all formularies.
2. Given or inclined to rationalism.
1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 311/1 The way being thus prepared, the number of rationalistic divines increased. 1883Wace Gospel & its Witnesses i. 13 If we could be sure that a miracle was inconceivable, the method of rationalistic writers would..be justified.
Hence rationaˈlistical a. (1847 in Webster); rationaˈlistically adv. (1847 Ibid.); rationaˈlisticism, rationalism.
1854Geo. Eliot tr. Feuerbach's Essence Christianity xxv. 245 Zwinglius only expressed..rationalistically..what the others declared mystically. 1865R. Druitt Rep. Cheap Wines 99 The contagion of rationalisticism. 1869Contemp. Rev. XII. 77 He takes Homer into the account, but rationalistically. 1910W. Temple Faith & Mod. Thought iii. 79 Why rationalistically minded folk should suppose that in a moment of almost intolerable joy people are going to have an exact memory for dates and places I cannot conceive. 1934A. C. Ewing Idealism v. 258 The more rationalistically inclined philosophers have..erred in putting forward extravagant claims to certainty. |