rationalistic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to rationalism or emphasizing reason as the primary source of knowledge

   The rationalistic defense of the doctrine relied on deduction rather than experience.

2. 2
   adj

   excessively inclined to explain conduct or reality through abstract reasoning

   Critics found the scheme too rationalistic to account for ordinary emotion.

From rationalist + -ic. Rationalist ultimately derives from Latin rationalis ("of reason"), from ratio ("reckoning, reason").

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