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| Main Entry: |
classicism
 [klas-uh-siz-uhm] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
| Synonyms: | Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, balance, clarity, class, classicalism, conventional formality, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formal style, formality, grand style, grandeur, high art, lucidity, majesty, neoclassicism, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, pure taste, purity, rationalism, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, sublimity, symmetry |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental analysis |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, argumentation, bounds, brain*, brains, comprehension, deduction, dialectics, discernment, generalization, induction, inference, intellect, intellection, judgment, limits, logic, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, moderation, propriety, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, reasonableness, reasoning, saneness, sanity, sense, senses, sensibleness, sound mind, soundness, speculation, understanding, wisdom, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | philosophy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
sound, a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic, antiestablishment, biconditional, card, circular, corporeal, discursive, domestic, empirical, heuristic, immanent, indisputable, invalid, irrefragable, irrefutable, maieutic, middle, partisan, poetic, political, rational, reactionary, transeunt, ultraconservative, undemocratic, valid, vice versa, zetetic
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Example Sentences
- Yet, a scientific rationalism was not what many of the great philanthropists sought from their gifts.
- The two correspond to what you call constructive rationalism and evolutionary rationalism respectively.
- Her rationalism is delivered in an angry barrage peppered with enthusiastically snide asides.
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