free-thinking

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free-thinking

adjective more free-thinking · most free-thinking

  1. Having opinions that are contrary to dogma or the positions of authority. His background was academic, though not directly in mathematics or physics. His father, Frank, was an expert in tropical diseases and his mother, Isobel (nee Walker), was a free-thinking radical who had a great influence on him.

    Similar: free-minded

noun free-thinkings

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of freethinking

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@misc{free_thinking_2026,
  title = {free-thinking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/free-thinking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}