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Thu 28 Aug, 2008 07:58 am
Or rather, someone who has decided to wait a long time, to examine multiple perspectives in order to finally at some point reach a conclusion one pops along. Like kind of being passive, but on intellectual grounds rather than just not having an opinion.
I'd go with "deliberate" or "circumspect".
These do not imply that the one described has no opinions, rather that he or she
takes a long, careful while to arrive at one.
An Arab word which sounds like Allakeefik.
From the thesaurus: ponderous, studious, reflective, contemplating, deliberative, ruminating
The Pentacle Queen wrote:
Or rather, someone who has decided to wait a long time, to examine multiple perspectives in order to finally at some point reach a conclusion one pops along. Like kind of being passive, but on intellectual grounds rather than just not having an opinion.
On a second reading of your question, I think the proper term is 'discriminating' (in a good way) and/or 'open-minded'
Funny that no one suggested "wife" as an answer.
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Thanks to whoever it was who felt the need to vote down my reply. Notice it at zero? And you wonder why I get crappy with people here.
Thank you.
I like the word circumspect.
Would it therefore be intelligent to describe myself as a circumspect agnostic, and with circumspect/liberal political views?
I should jolly well hope not Queenie. That would be to do yourself a grave injustice.
But surely it's better than to just assign myself to a political or religious stance when I don't objectively know for sure yet.
