rationalist
noun
[ ˈraʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪst ]
• a person who bases their opinions and actions on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
• "the managers are rationalists who find it hard to understand why anyone should get worked up about the closure of their local hospital"
rationalist
adjective
• based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
• "a rationalist approach to the supernatural"
