transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrash-nə-ˌli-zəm, ˈra-shə-nə-ˌli- ]
noun
Date: 1827
1. : reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of religious truth
2.
a. : a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of sense perceptions
b. : a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solution of problems
3. : functionalism 2
• ra·tio·nal·ist -nə-list noun
• rationalist or ra·tio·nal·is·tic ˌrash-nə-ˈlis-tik, ˌra-shə-nə-ˈlis- adjective
• ra·tio·nal·is·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb