freethinker
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom free + thinker, since 1692.
Noun
editfreethinker (plural freethinkers)
- A person who has formed his or her 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- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Quaker, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Danish: fritænker (calque)
- French: libre-penseur (calque)
- German: Freidenker (calque)
- Russian: вольноду́м (volʹnodúm), вольноду́мец (volʹnodúmec) (calque)
Translations
editperson who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry
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