think for oneself

Verb

Meaning

think for oneself (third-person singular simple present thinks for oneself, present participle thinking for oneself, simple past and past participle thought for oneself)

To decide, come to conclusions, or make opinions on one's own, without the help of others

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Examples

To think for oneself is not only, as Gide said, counterrevolutionary but also apostasy and, at certain times, treason. Eric Hoffer

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive. Terry Eagleton

Close letter words and terms

think conscientiously think factory think fast think hard about think little of think logically