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Antonyms for rationalist

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rash-uh-nl-iz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræʃ ə nlˌɪz əm

Definition of rationalist

Origin :
  • "one who follows reason and not authority in thought or speculation," originally especially "physician whose treatment is based on reason," 1620s, from rational + -ist. Applied to a philosophical doctrine 1640s. Related: Rationalism.
  • As in skeptic : noun person who is leery, unbelieving
  • As in realist : noun pragmatist
  • As in unbeliever : noun skeptic
Example sentences :
  • Evidently he was less familiar with the opinions of The Rationalist than he had thought.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • They have all which the rationalist appeals to as his tests of right and wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler
  • In the early years of his London life, Mill had been only a rationalist.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) » by Leslie Stephen
  • I had left the temple a devotee, and was returned a rationalist.
  • Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
  • There isn't a rationalist in London that could shake the man's belief.
  • Extract from : « A Lost Cause » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • It was to me, what the all-sufficiency of reason is to the rationalist.
  • Extract from : « The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. I (of 2) » by Timothy East
  • Goethe is a rational sceptic, or what is called in Germany a rationalist.
  • Extract from : « The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. I (of 2) » by Timothy East
  • Kant was a rationalist by education, temperament, and conviction.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • Kant, as a rationalist, has no doubt as to their actual existence.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • What a compliment this is to the courage of the Rationalist.
  • Extract from : « The Bible Unveiled » by M. M. Mangasarian

Synonyms for rationalist

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