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Meaning of libertarianism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
lɪbəˈtɛːɹɪənɪz(ə)m

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. The doctrine of free will, as opposed to necessitarianism.

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Examples

Nevertheless, advocates of individual freedom not only continue to exist, but are increasing in number. Refugees from the Old Right, the Old Left and the New Left, they are organizing independently under the New Right banner of libertarianism.”
The peculiar brand of libertarianism in vogue within technology circles means a minority of members—a couple of outspoken misogynistscan disproportionately affect the behavior and mood of the group under the cover of free speech.”
Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.””

CEFR level

C2
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