rationalist
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rationalist
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From Middle French rationaliste; rational + -ist.
noun rationalists
- A person who follows the philosophy of rationalism. “He says,” replied Lord Peter, “that he believes Hannah to be a sincerely religious woman. He has sat beside her in chapel and shared her hymn-book.” “But that may be the merest hypocrisy,” said Miss Murchison, rather warmly, for she was militantly rationalist. “I don’t trust these unctuous people.”
- A member of the rationalist community. Some rationalists were in touch with Oxford philosophers, including Toby Ord and William MacAskill, the founders of the effective-altruism movement, which studied how to do the most good for humanity (and, by extension, how to avoid ending it).
Opposite: irrationalist, traditionalist
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Opposite: irrationalist, traditionalist
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| العربية | عَقْلَانِيّ ʕaqlāniyy |
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@misc{rationalist_2026,
title = {rationalist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rationalist},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
