What is another word for rationalistic?

Pronunciation: [ɹˌaʃənəlˈɪstɪk] (IPA)

Rationalistic has several synonyms, including logical, reasonable, analytic, and pragmatic. Other synonyms for this word include level-headed, thoughtful, and systematic. It is important to note that rationalistic is often used to describe philosophical or religious ideologies that emphasize rationality and reason over faith or intuition. However, it can also be used more broadly to describe any approach or perspective that prioritizes logical thinking and analysis. Whether discussing politics, business strategy, or personal decision-making, a rationalistic approach can help individuals or organizations make informed choices based on objective analysis and evidence.

What are the hypernyms for Rationalistic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for rationalistic?

The word "rationalistic" is an adjective that describes someone or something that is guided by reason or logic. Antonyms for this word include irrational, emotional, mystical, intuitive, and subjective. An irrational person or idea is one that is not guided by logic or reason, but by emotions or feelings. A mystical approach to a problem relies on supernatural explanations or powers, rather than logical reasoning. An intuitive approach to problem-solving relies on instinct or gut feelings, rather than on logical analysis. A subjective viewpoint is one that is influenced by personal bias or opinions, rather than by objective analysis.

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Usage examples for Rationalistic

All life and Nature were to his spirit full of imaginative wonder, but they were believed also to be susceptible of a rationalistic explanation.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The rationalistic speculations of Euhemerus, which appear in strange union with the 'somnia Pythagorea' of the Annals, were of Sicilian origin.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
But when we approach the theories of rationalistic thinkers, we find a perfect chaos of rival speculations.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick

Famous quotes with Rationalistic

  • Minds are in limited supply, and each mind has a limited capacity for memes, and hence there is considerable competition among memes for entry in as many minds as possible. This competition is the major selective force in the memosphere, and, just as in the biosphere, the challenge has been met with great ingenuity. For instance, whatever virtues (from our perspective) the following memes have, they have in common the property of having phenotypic expressions that tend to make their own replication more likely by disabling or preempting the environmental forces that would tend to extinguish them: the meme for , which discourages the exercise of the sort of critical judgment that might decide that the idea of faith was, all things considered a dangerous idea; the meme for or ; the meme of including in a chain letter a warning about the terrible fates of those who have broken the chain in the past; the meme, which has a built-in response to the objection that there is no good evidence of a conspiracy: "Of course not — that's how powerful the conspiracy is!" Some of these memes are "good" perhaps and others "bad"; what they have in common is a phenotypic effect that systematically tends to disable the selective forces arrayed against them. Other things being equal, population memetics predicts that conspiracy theory memes will persist quite independently of their truth, and the meme for faith is apt to secure its own survival, and that of the religious memes that ride piggyback on it, in even the most rationalistic environments. Indeed, the meme for faith exhibits : it flourishes best when it is outnumbered by rationalistic memes; in an environment with few skeptics, the meme for faith tends to fade from disuse.
    Daniel Dennett
  • Hobbes’s understanding of the dangers of anarchy resonates powerfully today. Liberal thinkers still see the unchecked power of the state as the chief danger to human freedom. Hobbes knew better: freedom’s worst enemy is anarchy, which is at its most destructive when it is a battleground of rival faiths. The sectarian death squads roaming Baghdad show that fundamentalism is itself a type of anarchy in which each prophet claims divine authority to rule. In well-governed societies, the power of faith is curbed. The state and the churches temper the claims of revelation and enforce peace. Where this kind is impossible, tyranny is better than being ruled by warring prophets. Hobbes is a more reliable guide to the present than the liberal thinkers who followed. Yet his view of human beings was too simple, and overly rationalistic. Assuming that humans dread violent death more than anything, he left out the most intractable sources of conflict. It is not always because human beings act irrationally that they fail to achieve peace. Sometimes it is because they do not want peace. They may want the victory of the One True Faith – whether a traditional religion or a secular successor such as communism, democracy or universal human rights. Or – like the young people who joined far-Left terrorist groups in the 1970s, another generation of which is now joining Islamist networks – they may find in war a purpose that is lacking in peace. Nothing is more human than the readiness to kill and die in order to secure a meaning in life.
    John Gray (philosopher)
  • As a symbol of the power of absolutism, Versailles has no equal. It also expresses, in the most monumental terms of its age, the rationalistic creed—based on scientific advances, such as the physics of Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) and the mathematical philosophy of René Descartes (1596–1650)—that all knowledge must be systematic and all science must be the consequence of the intellect imposed on matter. The whole spectacular design of Versailles proudly proclaims the mastery of human intelligence (and the mastery of Louis XIV) over the disorderliness of nature.
    René Descartes
  • Atheism should always be encouraged (i.e. rationalistic not emotional atheism) for the sake of the Faith.
    T. S. Eliot
  • Based on the metaphysical implications of the Dadaist dogma.. .Arp's Reliefs [carvings] between 1916 and 1922 are among the most convincing illustrations of that anti- rationalistic era.. .Arp showed the importance of a smile to combat the sophistic theories of the moment. His poems of the same period stripped the word of its rational connotation to attain the most unexpected meaning through alliteration or plain nonsense.
    Jean Arp

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