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Freethinker

A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.

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📖 Definitions of "Freethinker"

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A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.

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Word	Definition
deistnoun	(religion) a person who believes in deism.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Freethinker"

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Word	Definition
deistnoun	(religion) a person who believes in deism.
free-thinkernoun	Alternative form of freethinker. [A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.]
free thinkernoun	Alternative spelling of freethinker. [A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.]
libertinenoun	Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
apistevistnoun	(rare, particularly religion) Someone who rejects using faith as a legitimate method to reach conclusions.
skepticnoun	Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
philodoxernoun	One who is interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.
free-willernoun	A person who believes that human beings have free will.
antirationalistnoun	(philosophy) One who rejects philosophical rationalism.
reasonistnoun	(obsolete) A rationalist.
truthernoun	(by extension) A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant event, fact, etc.
atheistnoun	(religion) A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
hereticnoun	Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
irrationalistnoun	A follower of irrationalism.
nullifidiannoun	(archaic) A sceptic; an atheist or unbeliever.
irreligionistnoun	An irreligious person
freewillernoun	Alternative form of free-willer. [A person who believes that human beings have free will.]
infidelnoun	One who does not believe in a certain religion.
atheologistnoun	(philosophy, religion) A scholar and/or proponent of atheism.
faitheistnoun	(slang, neologism) An atheist who thinks faith should not be criticized.