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freethinker

[free-thing-ker]

free·think·er

[free-thing-ker]
noun
a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.

Origin:
1685–95; free + thinker

free·think·ing, adjective, noun


skeptic, agnostic; atheist.

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Freethinker is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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freethinker (ˌfriːˈθɪŋkə)
 
n
a person who forms his or her ideas and opinions independently of authority or accepted views, esp in matters of religion
 
free'thinking
 
n, —adj

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