rationalistra‧tion‧al‧ist /ˈræʃənəlɪst/ noun [countable] - Dad was a rationalist through and through.
- For example, rationalist, functionalist, and structuralist approaches take such a position.
- His approach was positivist and rationalist and his general objective was to lay down a theory of social evolution.
- His secular, rationalist sensibilities created an ideal of liberalism based on the individual pursuit of self-interest.
- The rationalist past and the luminaries of Western humanism have been reclaimed, Marx among them.
- The rationalist tendency to take image and concept to be proportionate may explain the reduction.
- The extreme rationalist sees the decisions and choices of scientists as being guided by the universal criterion.
nounrationality ≠ irrationalityrationalerationalismrationalistrationalizationadjectiverational ≠ irrationalrationalistverbrationalizeadverbrationally ≠ irrationally