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Definition of liberal
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/liberal
adjective

1.1Favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.
‘liberal citizenship laws’
1.2(in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform.

noun

     1A person of liberal views.
    ‘a concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state’

     1.1A supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.

 Origin

Middle English via Old French from Latin liberalis, from liber ‘free (man)’. The original sense was ‘suitable for a free man’, hence ‘suitable for a gentleman’ (one not tied to a trade), surviving in liberal arts. Another early sense ‘generous’ (compare with liberal (sense 4 of the adjective)) gave rise to an obsolete meaning ‘free from restraint’, leading to liberal (sense 1 of the adjective) (late 18th century).


Definition of liberticidal
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/liberticidal
adjective
Destructive of liberty.

Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in True Briton. From liberty + -icidal, after French liberticide.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/liberticidal

Definition of liberticide
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/liberticide
noun
Destruction or removal of liberty.
noun
A destroyer of liberty.
adjective
Destructive of liberty; liberticidal.

Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Morning Star. From liberty + -cide, apparently after French liberticide
late 18th century; earliest use found in Star. From liberty + -icide, in use as adjective and probably also in use as noun after French liberticide.

Definitions of left
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/left
2 Relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views:
Left politics
left periodicals such as Marxism Today
2 (often the Left) [treated as singular or plural] A group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views:
the Left is preparing to fight presidential elections
he is on the left of the party
Origin Old English lyft, left 'weak' (the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body), of West Germanic origin.
Definition of left wing
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/left-wing
1The radical, reforming, or socialist section of a political party or system.
[With reference to the National Assembly in France (1789–91), where the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left]
Definition of leftist
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/leftist

noun
A person with left-wing political views.
‘these values are shared by many leftists’
‘the young leftist who seeks a remedy in politics for the ills of mankind’
adjective
Having or relating to left-wing political views.
‘leftist rebels’
‘leftist ideology’
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/leftist

Libertas
http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:libertas
Translation
Liberty, freedom

Main Forms: Libertas, Libertatis
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Libertas
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/libertas
noun
1.the ancient Roman personification of liberty.


Definition of liberty
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/liberty

nounPlural liberties
[mass noun]

1The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behaviour, or political views.
‘compulsory retirement would interfere with individual liberty’

1.1 The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
‘people who attacked phone boxes would lose their liberty’

1.2usually libertiescount noun A right or privilege, especially a statutory one.
‘the Bill of Rights was intended to secure basic civil liberties’
1.3 The personification of liberty as a female figure.
‘the Statue of Liberty’

2The power or scope to act as one pleases.
‘individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own preferences’

2.1Philosophy A person's freedom from control by fate or necessity.

2.2Nautical Shore leave granted to a sailor.

3informal count noun A presumptuous remark or action.
‘how did he know what she was thinking?—it was a liberty!’

Phrases

at liberty

1Not imprisoned.
‘he was at liberty for three months before he was recaptured’

2Allowed or entitled to do something.
‘he's not at liberty to discuss his real work’

take liberties

1Behave in an unduly familiar manner towards a person.
‘you've taken too many liberties with me’

2Treat something freely, without strict faithfulness to the facts or to an original.
‘the scriptwriter has taken few liberties with the original narrative’

take the liberty

Venture to do something without first asking permission.
‘I took the liberty of checking out a few convalescent homes for him’

Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French liberte, from Latin libertas, from liber ‘free’.
Definition of libertarianism
www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/libertarianism
An extreme laissez-faire political philosophy advocating only minimal state intervention in the lives of citizens.
Its adherents believe that private morality is not the state’s affair, and that therefore activities such as drug use and prostitution that arguably harm no one but the participants should not be illegal. Libertarianism shares elements with anarchism, although it is generally associated more with the political right, chiefly in the US
Definition of limited government
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/limited_government
noun
Government exercised under limitations of power prescribed by a constitution.
Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in James VI & I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
















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