Rationalism is either of two related, but distinct, philosophies.
Rationalism, a movement which asserts that reason and evidence should be held superior to religious teachings. This can also be extended to assert a general superiority of reason, for example over emotion.
In colloquial English the term rationalism usually refers to the first definition, whereas continental rationalism is relatively unknown by non-philosophers.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.