Meaning & use
libertarian
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A person who believes that individual liberty and minimal government interference should be the primary guiding principle of society.
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As a libertarian, she opposed most government regulation of personal choices.
The debate featured a conservative, a libertarian, and a progressive.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective, as in a 'libertarian view'; in philosophy it has a separate, related meaning concerning free will, distinct from its political sense.
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Relating to the philosophical belief in free will, as opposed to determinism.
Libertarian philosophers argue that people are genuinely free to choose otherwise.
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