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CIVIL-LIBERTARIAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
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Similar:
liberal (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition)
Derivation:
civil liberty (fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference)