anti-rationalism
noun [ U ] (also antirationalism) uk/ˌæn.tiˈræʃ.ən.əl.ɪ.zəm/ us/ˌæn.taɪˈræʃ.ən.əl.ɪ.zəm/
反理性主义
beliefs opposed to the ideas of rationalism (= the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than emotion or religion)
Anti-rationalism is the idea that there are no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion. 反理性主义是认为世上不存在证据事实这类东西只有感知想法的理论。
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- She argues that the US has been confronted by a growing anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism.
- The work is more than a piece of avant-garde anti-rationalism.
- A wave of antirationalism arose throughout society.
- the anti-rationalism of the surrealist movement
Compare: rationalism