- (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism or sensationalism, and empiricism.
- (n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from or opposed to, revelation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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