From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlibertarianlib‧er‧tar‧i‧an /ˌlɪbəˈteəriən $ -bərˈter-/ noun [countable] FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTsomeone who believes strongly that people should be free to do and think what they want to, without any government control —libertarian adjective
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libertarian• Antislavery advocates regarded the petition strategy as a means of adding civil libertarians to their forces, and they succeeded.• Conservatives and civil libertarians alike had expressed fears over the provisions limiting federal appeals for prisoners.• The Leahy-Goodlatte Bills proposed easing export controls on encryption software to satisfy industry and civil libertarians.• He also fired his lawyer and told civil libertarians to mind their own business.• I need not remind you civil libertarians out there that this is our system working, not failing.• Civil libertarians say such legislation would amount to censoring cyberspace. 