freethinking
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈfriːˌθɪŋkɪŋ/
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- However, younger generations tend to prize freethinking and individualism apart from the standards and beliefs of their parents and older generations.
Examples
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Or we can create some freethinking people.
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- I guess it's 'cause we're far more freethinking.
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In a country where more than 70 percent of the people consider themselves Christian, the number of freethinking musicians seems to level the playing field.
Academic text (2004) -
However, creative thinking requires a freethinking, child-like attitude.
Academic text (2001) -
It's not always easy to maintain a consensus in a freethinking, democratic organization where the positions on issues aren't set in stone.
Academic text (2010) -
Sunset Hall describes itself as "a non-profit retirement home for freethinking elders who continue to share independence of spirit and involvement in the world."
Academic text (2005) -
Emerson created a democratic epistemology, according to which a freethinking person can create a new world, a world that is worthy of coming generations.
Academic text (1993) -
She saw herself more a European soul, in tune with the thinkers and artists she felt expressed her tragic, romantic, freethinking view of life.
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While the home doesn't require that its residents have a specific worldview, the majority have come from freethinking backgrounds by virtue of Sunset Hall's strong connection with Los Angeles' Unitarian Universalist and Humanist communities.
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Many artists are known for their freethinking approaches to challenging societal norms.
Synonyms
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7.7
The belief that reason and logic give true knowledge more than feeling or experience
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6.4
Forming your own opinions without following people in power, especially about religion
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7.5
To form opinions by using reason and evidence instead of following authority
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7.2
A belief in religious ideas based on reason and facts rather than on tradition or leaders
Antonyms
How Freethinking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word freethinking is made of free ('not controlled') and thinking ('using your mind'). So freethinking means forming ideas and making decisions 'by reason and evidence' rather than simply accepting the rules or opinions of others.