freethinker

Example Sentences

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For me, the Mets were a badge of crude contrarianism: Everyone else liked the Phillies, but I was a freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He considered himself a freethinker, and he wanted to evaluate the Soviet system with his own eyes.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2023

A news release from the atheist and freethinker group said Mr. McBurnett responded via email, “The Facebook post has been removed, and the district will refrain from posting anything similar in the future.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Among Kanye West’s defenders, the thinking goes like this: He is a genius, a freethinker, an elevated conscience.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Vincenzio was something of a freethinker, by the standards of the day, and had no great love of the forms and rituals of the Church.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin