LIBERTARIAN Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in republican

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as in libertine

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Arlington Heights residents favor a Bears stadium — but not tax help, a libertarian poll finds. — Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 When Greenspan was sworn in to his post in the Ford administration, he was joined by Ayn Rand, the philosopher and author whose libertarian approach and laissez-faire economics was a huge influence on his career. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 June 2026

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Civil libertarians say geofences amount to fishing expeditions that subject many innocent people to searches of private records merely because their cellphones happened to be in the vicinity of a crime. — Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2026 One needn’t be a libertarian to recognize that reality. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for libertarian

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During that time, four MPs were killed by Irish republican militants between 1979 and 1990.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
But that hasn’t helped the organization stay out of Republican crosshairs.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026

Definition of republican

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When voters are reduced to red and blue dots to be strategically manipulated on maps, our representative democracy is no longer representative nor democratic.

— Reese Ritter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
With a representative sample of exoplanets in the galaxy, scientists can more accurately determine if planets like Earth are rare or plentiful.

— Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

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