free-thinking

free-thinking
free-thinking free-thinking adj. inclined to forms one's own opinions rather than depend upon authority, especially about social and religious issues; exhibiting boldness of speculation; skeptical of authority.

Syn: latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical. [WordNet 1.5 + 1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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