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Webster 1913 Edition
Freethinker
Free′thinkˊer
,Noun.
One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; – a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.
Syn. – Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See
Infidel
. Webster 1828 Edition
Freethinker
FREE'THINKER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
freethinker
freethinker
English
Alternative forms
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) religion, religionist; African traditionalist, animist, Asatruar, Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Confucianist, deist, Druid, Eckist, freethinker, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jew, LaVeyan, Luciferian, Muslim, mysticist, New Thoughter, New Ager, occultist, Odinist, pagan, Rastafarian, Raëlian, religious humanist, Santerían, Scientologist, shamanist, Shintoist, Sikh, spiritist, Taoist, Tenrikyoist, Thelemite, theosophist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
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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