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libertarianism

Word definitions for libertarianism in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others that same liberty.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Libertarianism (, "free") is a collection of political philosophies that uphold liberty . Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice , emphasizing political freedom , voluntary association , and the primacy of individual judgment . Libertarianism ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speech

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Libertarianism \Lib`er*ta"ri*an*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. Libertarian principles or doctrines.

Usage examples of libertarianism.

Thus it was that Victor and his friends had read a motley bevy of authors from John Stuart Mill to Herbert Spencer and acquired a knowledge of everything from libertarianism to contraception which would be inconceivable for an Etonian or Harrovian of the times.

The frank theocracy of the New England colonies had scarcely succumbed to the libertarianism of a godless Crown before there came the Great Awakening of 1734, with its orgies of homiletics and its restoration of talmudism to the first place among polite sciences.