Meaning of free world | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of free world.
   alt-of, uncountable
2. Collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or Communist states.
   collective, form-of, uncountable
3. Those who are free (not incarcerated, institutionalized, etc.) collectively.
   literally, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonyms: world, World”

“Meronym: Western Bloc”

“Near-synonym: First World”

“My friends, we are confronted with a serious situation. But it is typical of the security problems of the world today. Powerful and aggressive forces are constantly probing, now here, now there, to see whether the free world is weakened. In the face of this, there are no easy choices available. It is misleading for anyone to imply that there are. However, the present situation, though serious, is by no means desperate or hopeless.”

“[John F. Kennedy] noted the difficult politics of sustaining foreign assistance but called it essential to America’s role as leader of the free world.”

“Young country boy, doing time here in Texas State Prison. Looking for a good friend to write to in the free world.”

“Fourth, knowing what I did of the policies and actions of Moscow and Peking, I was as sure as a man could be that if we did not live up to our commitment in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, they would move to exploit the disarray in the United States and in the alliances of the Free World. They might move independently or they might move together. But move they would — whether through nuclear blackmail, through subversion, with regular armed forces, or in some other manner. As nearly as one can be certain of anything, I knew they could not resist the opportunity to expand their control into the vacuum of power we would leave behind us.”

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