word
republican freedom
rih-PUB-lih-kun FREE-dum
rɪˈpʌblɪkən ˈfriːdəmListen
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Syllable breakdown
republicanfreedom
Dictionary meaning
a conception of political liberty as non-domination rather than merely non-interference; a person is free in the republican sense when no agent has the capacity to interfere arbitrarily with their choices, even if that capacity is not currently exercised; contrasted with negative liberty (absence of actual interference) and positive liberty (capacity to act); associated with Philip Pettit and Quentin Skinner's revival of the classical republican tradition from Cicero and Machiavelli through the American and French Revolutions
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