freethinker
English
Alternative forms
- free-thinker
Etymology
free + thinker, since 1692.
Noun
freethinker (plural freethinkers)
- A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
Coordinate terms
- (religionists) religionist; Ahmadi, Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Rastafarian, Raëlian, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Yazidi, Wiccan, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
- freethinking
- freethought
Descendants
- Danish: fritænker (calque)
- French: libre-penseur (calque)
- German: Freidenker (calque)
- Russian: вольноду́м (volʹnodúm), вольноду́мец (volʹnodúmec) (calque)
Translations
person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry
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