| Main Entry: | atheism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief that no God exists |
Synonyms: |
disbelief, doubt, freethinking, godlessness, heresy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, irreligion, irreverence, nihilism, nonbelief, paganism, skepticism, unbelief |
Antonyms: |
belief, godliness, piety, religion |
| Main Entry: | broad-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal |
Synonyms: |
advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, free-thinking, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, undogmatic, unprejudiced, wide |
Antonyms: |
close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | godless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a god or divine faith |
Synonyms: |
adiamorphic, agnostic, atheistic, freethinking, iconoclastic, irreligious, nonbelieving, skeptical, undogmatic |
Antonyms: |
godly, religious |
| Main Entry: | heretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unorthodox |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheistic, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissentive, dissident, freethinking, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, infidel, misbelieving, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, skeptical, unbelieving |
Antonyms: |
orthodox |
| Main Entry: | irreligious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungodly |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheistic, blasphemous, faithless, free-thinking, godless, heathen, iconoclastic, impious, irreverent, pagan, sacrilegious, sinful, unbelieving, undevout, unholy |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating by extremes |
Synonyms: |
advanced, anarchistic, complete, entire, excessive, extremist, fanatical, far-out, freethinking, iconoclastic, immoderate, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, intransigent, lawless, leftist, militant, mutinous, nihilistic, progressive, rabid, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, severe, sweeping, thorough, ultra, ultraist, uncompromising, violent, way out |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | skeptical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving, leery |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, show-me, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced |
Antonyms: |
believing, devoted, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | unbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skeptical |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, leery, mistrustful, nonbelieving, not born yesterday, questioning, show-me, suspicious, unconvinced |
| Main Entry: | libertine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debauched |
Synonyms: |
dissolute, freethinking, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, profligate, rakish, sensual |
| Notes: | a libertarian is someone who believes the doctrine of free will, while a libertine is a person who is morally unrestrained |
Antonyms: |
chaste, puritanical |
| Concept: | Libertine. |
| Category: | 4. Moral practice |
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-nouns
libertine; voluptuary; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard; chartered libertine., adultress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue (unchaste); wanton, fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demimonde; chippy [U.S.]; sapphist; spiritual wife; white slave., concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba; escort., pimp; pander, pandar; bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.
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