adj
Meaning 1
Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
latitudinarian
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UK: /ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːɹɪən/
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US: /lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1859, S. Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, Volume I, under the entry “Franklin, Benjamin,” p. 630, It is not to be doubted that intimacies with English freethinkers at this period, and with French deists and atheists at a later stage in his life, did much to engender those latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects which Franklin is known to have entertained.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forbearing, latitudinarian, open-minded, avuncular, broad-minded, catholic, indulgent, laissez faire, lenient, liberal, open-handed, permissible, permissive, sufferable, tolerant
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Lax in moral or religious principles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: easygoing, soft-handed, clement, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive, relaxed, remissful, safe, soft
noun
Meaning 4
A person who is tolerant of others' religious views.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical
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noun
Meaning 6
a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liberal, liberalist, progressive
History
Etymology
From Latin lātitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin lātitūdō, from lātus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, latitude + -arian.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: либерален (liberalen) — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- Bulgarian: толерантен (toleranten) — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- French: latitudinaire — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- Italian: latitudinario — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- Portuguese: latitudinário — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- Spanish: laxista — tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
- French: latitudinaire — a person who is tolerant
- Italian: latitudinario — a person who is tolerant
- Portuguese: latitudinário — a person who is tolerant
- Spanish: latitudinario — a person who is tolerant