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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
free·think·er       [free-thing-ker] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, esp. a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
[Origin: 1685–95; free + thinker]

—Related forms
freethinking, adjective, noun

—Synonyms skeptic, agnostic; atheist.
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free·think·er       (frē'thĭng'kər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   One who has rejected authority and dogma, especially in religious thinking, in favor of rational inquiry and speculation.

free'think'ing adj. & n.
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freethinker

noun
a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: deist] 

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Freethinker

Free"think`er\, n. One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.

Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. --Addison.

Syn: Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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