libertopian
/ˌlɪb.ɚˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Related to, characteristic of, or espousing (a utopian or critically flawed strain of) libertarianism.
American usage; Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "I prefer to keep my feet on the ground and resist any attempt at change by either the libertopians or the utopian socialists."
- "I see. So libertopians are in favour of government passing laws in favour of business. Figgers."
- "This tired old canard used ad nauseum^([sic]) that there is no such thing as"the people" or "the public" or "the public will" or "the public good" ie: the denial of any collective rights or collective powers or collective needs in a community, is merely ignorant denial of facts, usually done because any admission that a large group may have a good reason to impose it's collective will on an individual is anathema to libertopians."
- "The present chaos and misery of societies without functioning governments show the absurdity of the libertopian fantasy of freedom from government: We can only be free, prosperous, equal and safe under effective, accountable government."
- "In U.S. history, 'libertopian' socialist enclaves were founded repeatedly and failed every time. Equity requires abatement of nuisance, and greedy rotten capitalists (working class freemen) will get stuck with the bill for cleaning up ansoc disasters, food and shelter for survivors, environmental reclamation, etc. Pray that ansocs don't experiment with nuclear power. One Chernobyl was enough."
- "The persistent nonexistence of a long-planned libertarian colony of seasteading rafts (Robinson 2014), to pick one example from the list of unexecuted libertopian schemes, […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌlɪb.ɚˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
- British English: /ˌlɪb.əˈtəʊ.pi.ən/
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory