rationalist

Other forms: rationalists

Definitions of rationalist
  1. noun
    someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
    synonyms: positivist
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    types:
    logical positivist
    someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless
    type of:
    nonreligious person
    a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
  2. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism
    “rationalist philosophy”
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