freethinker

• Nom désignant une personne qui forme ses propres opinions et croyances de manière indépendante, en particulier en matière de religion, plutôt que d'accepter les doctrines établies ou les autorités.

A noun referring to a person who forms their own opinions and beliefs independently, especially about religion, rather than accepting established doctrines or authority.

1. Independent thinkerB2formal

   A person who forms opinions based on reason and experience, especially rejecting traditional religious or political authority.

   Esprit libre

   • Voltaire was a famous freethinker who criticized organized religion.
   • She describes herself as a freethinker, questioning every assumed truth.
   • Freethinkers often value scientific evidence over dogma.
   • The club welcomed all freethinkers who sought open-minded discussion.

   Synonymesfree spiritindividualistnonconformistrationalistskeptic

   Antonymesconformistdogmatisttraditionalist

2. Belief in a non-intervening creatorC1formal

   A person who believes that God created the universe but does not intervene in its ongoing affairs, thus leaving it to its own natural laws.

   Déiste

   • He is a freethinker who holds that a higher power set the world in motion then stepped back.
   • Some freethinkers adopt a deistic worldview, believing in a creator without divine interference.
   • Her philosophy aligns with the idea that God abandoned the universe after creation, a view held by certain freethinkers.
   • The concept of a watchmaker God resonates with many freethinkers of the Enlightenment.

   Synonymesdeist