freethinkernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfriːˈθɪŋ.kər/us/ˌfriːˈθɪŋ.kɚ/old-fashionedsomeone who forms their own opinions and beliefs, especially about religion or politics, rather than just accepting what is officially or commonly believed and taught
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Religious people: believers & non-believers
- agnostic
- apophatic
- apostasy
- apostate
- atheist
- believer
- faithless
- God-fearing
- godless
- hard core
- hard core
- heathen
- humanism
- parishioner
- pilgrim
- revisionism
- skeptic
- the laity
- theist
- unbeliever
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freethinking
adjective uk/ˌfriːˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˌfriːˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/
Examples from literature
- A true freethinker, a practising lawyer with a considerable acquaintance in the world of politics, a discreet man not far from forty years of age, it seemed as though nothing more were required to make a model husband.
- And it is the duty of the freethinker clearly to point out why this confusion has arisen.
- Here she became acquainted with the family of Charles Bray, a prosperous ribbon manufacturer, whose house was a gathering place for the freethinkers of the neighborhood.
- The old commonplace that a freethinker is sure to be immoral is no longer heard.
- There is no evidence of his familiarity with the widely diffused works of the freethinkers, and as far as I am aware he does not quote or refer to them even once.