LIBERTARIAN Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in republican

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as in libertine

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Investors on the libertarian fringe of the biotech industry are making their dream of widespread access to experimental drugs a reality in Montana, Politico explains. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026 Organizations ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the libertarian Cato Institute have raised privacy concerns about the cameras. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

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Populists and progressives, Christian nationalists and liberals, even libertarians — recall DOGE and Project 2025 — Americans of all political tendencies increasingly favor sweeping, disorienting political change. — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 But civil libertarians are unnerved about casting such a wide dragnet that captures highly personal information from hundreds or perhaps thousands of people who aren’t criminals. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 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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But, like a libertine desiring undiscovered pleasures, his appetite for new sensations only seemed to grow with time.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Last night, designer Aaron Esh—and generations of libertines old and new—brought the legendary British high street superbrand AllSaints back to its roots.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of libertine

Adjective

Its nascent democratic system confronted entrenched social hierarchies of caste and power.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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