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Russian
Etymology
From вольноду́мец (volʹnodúmec) + -ство (-stvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
вольноду́мство • (volʹnodúmstvo) n inan (genitive вольноду́мства, nominative plural вольноду́мства, genitive plural вольноду́мств)
- free thought
1892, Антон Чехов, Соседи; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Neighbours, 1916:Э́то называ́лось в уе́зде вольноду́мством, и мно́гие смотре́ли на э́то вольноду́мство как на неви́нное и безоби́дное чуда́чество; но оно́, одна́ко, сде́лало его́ глубоко́ несча́стным.- Éto nazyválosʹ v ujézde volʹnodúmstvom, i mnógije smotréli na éto volʹnodúmstvo kak na nevínnoje i bezobídnoje čudáčestvo; no onó, odnáko, sdélalo jevó glubokó nesčástnym.
- In the district this was called free-thinking, and many people looked upon this free-thinking as an innocent and harmless eccentricity; it made him profoundly unhappy, however.
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