freethinking
noun
freethinking is a noun meaning “The principles of a freethinker; free thought” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freethinking is freethinkings.
What does freethinking mean?
noun
- 1
The principles of a freethinker; free thought.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freethinking
- freethinkings plural
- free-thinking
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freethinking?
Freethinking appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Freethinking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense free thought:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | libre-pensée |
| Spanish | librepensamiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does freethinking come from?
From free + thinking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).