libertarianism

English

Etymology

From libertarian +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪbəˈtɛːɹɪənɪz(ə)m/

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Noun

libertarianism (countable and uncountable, plural libertarianisms)

1. (economics, philosophy, politics) 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.
   • 1971 January 10, Stan Lehr, Louis Rossetto, “The New Right Credo–Libertarianism”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

     The peculiar brand of libertarianism in vogue within technology circles means a minority of members—a couple of outspoken misogynists—can disproportionately affect the behavior and mood of the group under the cover of free speech.

2. (philosophy) The doctrine of free will, as opposed to necessitarianism.

Usage notes

• In contemporary US usage, the word often implies conservative-libertarianism or right-libertarianism.

Derived terms

• left-libertarianism
• right-libertarianism

Related terms

• libertarian

Translations

political philosophy

• Catalan: llibertarisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由意志主義／自由意志主义 (zh) (zìyóu yìzhì zhǔyì), 自由意志論／自由意志论 (zìyóu yìzhì lùn)

• Czech: libertarianismus m
• Danish: libertarianisme c
• Dutch: libertarisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: libertarianismo (eo)
• Finnish: libertarismi (fi)
• French: libertarianisme (fr) m, libertarisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ლიბერტარიანიზმი (liberṭarianizmi)
• German: Libertarismus (de) m
• Hungarian: libertarianizmus, libertarizmus
• Interlingua: libertarianismo m
• Japanese: リバタリアニズム (ribatarianizumu), 完全自由主義 (かんぜんじゆうしゅぎ, kanzenjiyūshugi), 自由至上主義 (じゆうしじょうしゅぎ, jiyūshijōshugi), 自由意志主義 (じゆういししゅぎ, jiyūishishugi)
• Korean: 자유지상주의(自由意志主義) (jayujisangjuui)
• Polish: libertarianizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: libertarianismo (pt) m, libertarismo (pt) m
• Russian: либертари́зм (ru) m (libertarízm), либертариа́нство (ru) n (libertariánstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: либертаријанизам m, слободарство n

  Roman: libertarijanizam m, slobodarstvo (sh) n

• Spanish: libertarismo (es) m
• Swedish: nyliberalism (sv) n, libertarianism (sv) n
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tự do (vi), chủ nghĩa tự do cá nhân, chủ nghĩa tự do ý chí