latitudinarian

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• In a letter of June 7, 1863, to his Anglican friend Isaac Williams, he wrote: "The Anglican Church has been a most useful breakwater against scepticism," but in the same letter he expressed his fears that latitudinarian opinions were spreading furiously in the Church of England.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Blob, one woman wrote in the 1890s, pleading for a more latitudinarian approach within feminism.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "In short, the laity had 'fallen into such a comprehensive and latitudinarian way' that it was 'the hardest thing in the world to persuade 'em out of it.'

  Academic text (2006)

• Even by that exceedingly latitudinarian definition, most of the top faculties have only a couple of outspoken conservatives.

  Academic text (1991)

• The poem's use of religious terror especially repulsed the future latitudinarian bishop, and he asked the Dissenter Philip Doddridge: "To be serious, is this the way to recommend religion? To drive men into it by frightening them out of their sense?"

  Academic text (2016)

• Robert J. Mayhew associates Young with "Latitudinarian rationalism" in Landscape, Literature and English Religious Culture, 1660-1800: Samuel Johnson and Languages of Natural Description (New York: Palgrave, 2004), 95.

  Academic text (2016)

• Scholars who did not parrot Eliot's witty denunciation of Young have typically followed Bliss's lead in stressing his reliance on latitudinarian and Newtonian thought.

  Academic text (2016)

• The latitudinarian approach of the new leadership encouraged a wide variety of ideas and beliefs within the community.

• As a latitudinarian, she embraced different religious practices without imposing her own views on others.

• His latitudinarian attitude towards differing opinions made discussions with him both enlightening and refreshing.

Synonyms

F

free-thinking

vslatitudinarian

4 6.4

Forming your own opinions without following people in power, especially about religion

is tolerant yet resists religious authority rather than merely thinking independently

C

catholic

vslatitudinarian

4 6.7

Including many different kinds of things and open to many ideas

is less general and stresses refusal of religious authority along with tolerance

N

nonsectarian

vslatitudinarian

2 6.9

Open to people of any religion or political party

focuses more on resisting religious authority and accepting differing practices

U

undogmatical

vslatitudinarian

8.7

Open to new ideas and not following strict beliefs

is tolerant but unwilling to accept religious authority or strict dogma

A

antidogmatic

vslatitudinarian

7.9

Not accepting fixed beliefs that people do not question

is tolerant and resists strict religious doctrine without active opposition

U

undogmatic

vslatitudinarian

7.8

Open to different beliefs and ideas

is more about tolerance combined with refusal to accept strict religious rules

N

nondogmatic

vslatitudinarian

7.5

Open to different ideas and willing to change views

puts stronger weight on rejecting religious authority while staying tolerant

N

nondoctrinaire

vslatitudinarian

8.2

Open to new ideas and willing to change views

focuses more on refusing strict religious authority while being tolerant

U

unsectarian

vslatitudinarian

8.1

Open to people of all religions and groups

has stronger emphasis on tolerance and rejecting religious commands than inclusivity

Antonyms

A

authoritarian

58 7.5

Expecting people to follow orders and allowing little freedom

D

dogmatic

18 7.9

State opinions as certainly correct and ignore other views

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