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1. The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
   - rationalism, free thought

1. (religion) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
   "In a questioning and free-thinking age it concerns every Christian witness";
   - latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical

See also: broad-minded

Type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Freethinking