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) religion, religionist; Baha'i,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ Confucianist,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jew,‎ Muslim,‎ pagan,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ 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

Armenian: ազատամիտ (hy) (azatamit)
Danish: fritænker c
Esperanto: liberpensulo
Finnish: vapaa-ajattelija
French: libre-penseur (fr) m
German: Freidenker (de) m, Freidenkerin f
Hungarian: szabadgondolkodó (hu)

Kazakh: еркін ойлы (erkin oylı)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fritenker m

Nynorsk: fritenkar m, fritenkjar m
Romanian: liber cugetător m liber cugetătoare f
Russian: вольнодумец (ru) m (volʹnodumec), свободомыслящий (ru) m (svobodomysljaščij)

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