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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Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union and the libertarian think tank CATO Institute. — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026 Colorado is a state with a widely varied electorate that's becomes more solidly Democratic in recent decades, but which still holds a strong conservative and libertarian streak. — Joanna Ossinger, CNBC, 28 Aug. 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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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

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My kids can’t vote yet, but the consequences of democratic decisions already affect nearly every part of their lives.

— Jeanette Senecal, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
European institutions have warned of democratic backsliding in Serbia in successive reports tracking the progress of candidate countries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of democratic

Adjective

Increasing turnout by 5 percentage points or so will not necessarily make the electorate more representative or encourage people to vote more consistently.

— Robert Boatright, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
Only 1,221 entered over the same period, through subsidiaries, factories or representative offices, the fewest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026

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