free thought

noun

1. thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.

free thought

noun

1. thought unrestrained and uninfluenced by dogma or authority, esp in religious matters

Word History and Origins

Origin of free thought¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Nonetheless, the episode underscores the dramatic extent to which the Internet—once popularly imagined as a digital Wild West of free thought—is now very much under corporate control.

From Time

The mass-midget mind was concretized with the very idea that “free thought” means “free stuff.”

From The Daily Beast

It beguiles the notion of free thought, and the idea that academic freedom stands above political difference.

From The Daily Beast

It would be a time when free thought solved medical and social problems, ending oppression and deprivation.

From The Daily Beast

The Roman Catholics hated her as the land par excellence of Protestantism and free thought.

From Project Gutenberg

On another Sunday evening we attended some sort of Free Thought service in one of the theatres.

From Project Gutenberg

We believe that free labor, that free thought, have enslaved the forces of nature, and made them work for man.

From Project Gutenberg

Every convenience, everything of use, everything of beauty in the world, we owe to free labor and to free thought.

From Project Gutenberg

The Republican party said, "Free labor will give us wealth, free thought will give us truth."

From Project Gutenberg