rationalist

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“For us to conclude that a law of 160 years’ vintage, with this kind of empirical pedigree, has all along been both unnecessary and improper, would border on rationalist conceit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Intriguingly, a few informal but large surveys from the rationalist community suggest that both complete monogamy and complete polyamory tend to be more satisfying than the “monogamish” middle ground.

From Slate • May 5, 2024

The same contradictions that marked his father’s life went even deeper in Mr. Nashenas’s own: a secular man in a profoundly religious family; a rationalist in a society trapped in tribal ways.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Mr Shastri burst into the national limelight in January, after a well-known rationalist questioned his claims that he had healing powers and could read people's minds.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

But then it was José Arcadio Buendía who took the lead and tried to break down the priest's faith with rationalist tricks.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez