freethinking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freethinking
Adjective
  • Putin has rehabilitated the World War II–era Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who, as the Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov has said, was directly responsible for even more millions of deaths than Hitler.
    ANTONY BEEVOR, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
  • Other members of the dissident community, however, remained suspicious of Wang’s conduct.
    Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the modern shopping mall mix is a bit different than the mall’s first heyday, with more discount retailers and nontraditional experiential retailers including medispas and trampoline parks.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • The defense will aim to frame Ms. Ventura as a willing and even enthusiastic participant in a troubled, nontraditional romantic arrangement.
    Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • For now, there’s nothing quite so out-there, although deer blood is the star ingredient in the final dessert, a chocolate-ish (but cocoa-free) fondant served with hazelnut praline and malt ice cream.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • An out-there premise, for sure, but one that has so far worked out better than anyone had a right to expect.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Adjective
  • The design was by aviation legend Burt Rutan, known for his bold and often maverick creations.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Sinema has modeled her political approach on the maverick style of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who alienated the grassroots of his party by sometimes crossing the aisle to work with Democrats.
    Time, Time, 23 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • In some communities, newer faiths, especially those that view traditional practices as heretical have weakened ties to sacred forests.
    Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
  • This instance of using heretical emblems or culturally inscriptive materials—often subtle or hidden—has long served as a quiet rebellion against the erasure of Black memory.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Freethinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freethinking. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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