liberal thinker

collocation in English

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liberal
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/us
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/
respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs ...
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thinker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθɪŋ.kər/us
/ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
someone who considers important subjects or produces ...
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(Definition ofliberalandthinkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unlike that famousliberalthinker, royalists propagated a way to preserve liberty that did not necessitate an appeal to a public spirit at all.
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I have quoted that paragraph from a famousliberalthinker.
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He was aliberalthinkerpropagating emancipation, individual liberty, and education.
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Kapodistrias, though born and raised as a nobleman, was throughout his life aliberalthinkerand had democratic ideals.
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The prison was, for many broadly liberal thinkers of the period, a new space with great potential for experiment and change.
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Like many 17th century liberal thinkers, he distrusted both hereditary power and democracy.
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Twenty-six intellectuals, including some of the most prominent liberal thinkers, took part.
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In the socio-political realm, these early liberal thinkers argued that we agree to surrender our freedom for political authority in order to gain greater freedom from a state of nature.
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In 1917, the bookstore became an intellectual point, receiving the daily visit of writers, poets, politicians and liberal thinkers.
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The episode brought no credit to the government and many liberal thinkers of the time were disgusted by the verdicts and the executions.
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Farley promises to convince his followers that the church needs liberal thinkers who don't always do things by the book.
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