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

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

“He’s a freethinker and has a great sense of humor. Odessa lacks a community spirit in many ways and Chris is trying to change that.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2020

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