freethinker
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From free + thinker, since 1692.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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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.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) A person with no religion.
- 2015 April 6, Siau Ming En, “Religiosity on rise in Asia-Pacific, proportion of freethinkers on decline”, in Today Online[1], archived from the original on 10 April 2015:
- The report projected that in the Asia-Pacific region, the proportion of freethinkers is projected to decline from 21 per cent in 2010 to 17 per cent in 2050.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- Adonist
- African traditionalist
- agnostic
- Asatruar
- atheist
- Bábí
- Baháʼí
- Brahmo
- Buddhist
- Caodaiist
- Christian
- Confucian
- deist
- Dianic
- Discordian
- Druid
- Druze
- Eckist
- heathen
- Hindu
- Jain
- Jedi
- Jehovah's Witness
- Jew
- Mormon
- Muslim
- neo-pagan
- neoshaman
- Odinist
- pagan
- Pastafarian
- Quaker
- Raëlian
- Rastafarian
- Rodnover
- Samaritan
- Satanist
- Shaker
- shamanist
- Shintoist
- Sikh
- SubGenius
- Taoist
- Tengrist
- theosophist
- Unitarian Universalist
- Wiccan
- Yahwist
- Yazidi
- Zoroastrian
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Danish: fritænker (calque)
- French: libre-penseur (calque)
- German: Freidenker (calque)
- Russian: вольноду́м (volʹnodúm), вольноду́мец (volʹnodúmec) (calque)
Translations
[edit]person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry