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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

société libre

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sosjete libr

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Free society/ˈfriː səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La liberté d'expression est le pilier d'une société libre."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A community or nation characterized by the protection of individual liberties, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and democratic participation.

    "Citizens in a free society have the right to peacefully assemble and express their opinions without government censorship."
  2. 2

    An environment operating largely free from authoritarian control, systemic oppression, and severe state regulation.

    "The preservation of a free society requires constant vigilance from all its members."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Old English 'frēo' (meaning exempt from political servitude, noble, or unrestricted) with the Middle English 'societé', derived from the Latin 'societas' (fellowship, association, alliance). Historically popularized through political philosophy during the Enlightenment, the compound refers to a social order organized around individual liberties, democratic governance, and the rule of law.

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