rationalism
Example Sentences
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Maybe I’m betraying my hopeless rationalism, but if I learned of the reality of time travel and “aerial spirits,” I’d be a little more preoccupied by it than Iris seems to be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
This “consumption downgrade” is not a move toward poverty but toward a militant form of rationalism.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
Prof Selove said: "This MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition."
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023
Oakeshott was horrified by this, and was also disturbed by the postwar British welfare state; this was the impetus for his denunciation of political rationalism.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
I feared for you, dear blessed Ork—I feared your bloodless rationalism.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
