rationalistic

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It says it does not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology, but offers activities that “emphasize a scientific, rationalistic, non-superstitious worldview.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

They concentrated on old rationalistic aspects of politics.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The Greeks were the first to carry out experiments in rationalistic philosophy and in democratic government.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

If we’re going to turn human space exploration into displaced religion, at least let’s not dress it up as rationalistic entrepreneurialism.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2019

The Gothic architecture of the Strassburg minster became to him the symbol of a national and German ideal, directly antagonistic to the French tastes and the classical and rationalistic atmosphere that prevailed in Leipzig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various