LATITUDINARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does latitudinarian mean? 

• LATITUDINARIAN (noun)
  The noun LATITUDINARIAN has 1 sense:

1. a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

  Familiarity information: LATITUDINARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• LATITUDINARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective LATITUDINARIAN has 1 sense:

1. unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)

  Familiarity information: LATITUDINARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATITUDINARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("latitudinarian" is a kind of...):

liberal; liberalist; progressive (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

• LATITUDINARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)

Synonyms:

free-thinking; latitudinarian; undogmatic; undogmatical

Similar:

broad-minded (inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Derivation:

latitude (scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction)

latitude (freedom from normal restraints in conduct)