Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationalism

3 senses of rationalism

Sense 1
rationalism -- ((philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience)
       => philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory -- (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Sense 2
rationalism -- (the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth)
       => theological doctrine -- (the doctrine of a religious group)

Sense 3
rationalism, freethinking -- (the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)