Where does “rationalisticism” come from?
rationalisticism (English) comes from English rationalistic, from English rational, from French rationalité, from French rationnel, from Latin rationalis, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rationalisticism (English): specious reasoning that pretends to be rational
Definitions
- specious reasoning that pretends to be rational
Ancestry of “rationalisticism”, step by step
rationalisticism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rationalistic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rationalistic | Of or relating to rationalism |
| 2 | English | rational | Capable of reasoning; Logically sound; not... |
| 3 | French | rationalité | rationality |
| 4 | French | rationnel | rational |
| 5 | Latin | rationalis | accounts; rational, reasonable, of or possessing... |
| 6 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |