anti-rationalism
noun[U]
(alsoantirationalism)uk/ˌæn.tiˈræʃ.ən.əl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.taɪˈræʃ.ən.əl.ɪ.zəm/beliefsopposedto theideasofrationalism(= thebelieforprinciplethatactionsandopinionsshould bebasedonreasonratherthanemotionorreligion):
Anti-rationalism is theideathat there are no such things asevidenceorfact, justopinion.
- Shearguesthat the US has beenconfrontedby agrowinganti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism.
- Theworkis more than apieceofavant-gardeanti-rationalism.
- Awaveof antirationalismarosethroughoutsociety.
- the anti-rationalism of thesurrealistmovement
Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrism
- essentialism
- existential
- existentialism
- existentialist
- expressionism
- notional
- ontological
- ontology
- Parkinson's law
- phenomenologist
- superorganic
- syllogism
- syllogistic
- symbolism
- tabula rasa
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rationalism