freethinker
A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiryA person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
» He was a freethinker.
Er war ein Freigeist.
Він був вільнодумцем.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
Freidenker, Freidenkerin
вольноду̀мецvolʹnodùmec, свободомы́слящийsvobodomýsljaščij
вільноду́мецьvilʹnodúmecʹ, вільноду́мкаvilʹnodúmka
a person who rejects religion
(Malaysia, Singapore)A person with no religion.
Examples
3 sentencesHe was a freethinker.
Він був вільнодумцем. — deniko
deEr war ein Freigeist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He is a freethinker.
ruОн вольнодумец. — soweli_Elepanto
deEr ist ein Freigeist. — wolfgangth
Freethinkers can sleep in on Sundays.
deFreidenker können sonntags ausschlafen. — Dejo
Translations
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Origin
From free + thinker, since 1692.From free + thinker, since 1692.
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