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German
Etymology
Freigeist + -erei
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfʁaɪ̯ɡaɪ̯stəˈʁaɪ̯/
Noun
Freigeisterei f (genitive Freigeisterei, plural Freigeistereien)
- freethought
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 464:Die volle Entschiedenheit des Denkens und Forschens, also die Freigeisterei, zur Eigenschaft des Charakters geworden, macht im Handeln mässig: denn sie schwächt die Begehrlichkeit, zieht viel von der vorhandenen Energie an sich, zur Förderung geistiger Zwecke, und zeigt das Halbnützliche oder Unnütze und Gefährliche aller plötzlichen Veränderungen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Freigeisterei
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