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cryptolibertarian

cryptolibertarian adjective: related to, characteristic of, or espousing cryptolibertarianism.

Adjective

cryptolibertarian (comparative more cryptolibertarian, superlative most cryptolibertarian)

  1. Related to, characteristic of, or espousing cryptolibertarianism.
    • With those inchoate thoughts of anonymous security breaches whispering in May’s ear, he discovered the article whose ideas would finally make his crypto-libertarian dreams possible.2012, Andy Greenberg, This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information, page 65
    • Techno-geeks devoured the crypto-libertarian science fiction of authors like Robert Heinlein, and they ushered in the computer revolution.2015, Carrie-Ann Biondi, “Counter-Culture Capitalist”, in Shawn E. Klein, editors, Steve Jobs and Philosophy, page 20

Noun

cryptolibertarian (plural cryptolibertarians)

  1. One who supports cryptolibertarianism.
    • Move over, Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Socialists and Fascists. Here come the Cryptolibertarians, the wirehead heirs of Thomas Jefferson and Henry David Thoreau.1997 September 8, Josh McHugh, “Politics for the really cool”, in Forbes, page 172
    • This vision is also shared by a number of crypto-libertarians, such as the team behind Bitnation, who believe that — since we have lost trust in our governments — we shall now rely on blockchain technology to create trustless systems (i.e. systems where trust is no longer needed) with a view to...2018, Primavera De Filippi, “Citizenship in the Era of Blockchain-Based Virtual Nations”, in Rainer Bauböck, editor, Market Valuation of Citizenship by Nation (Value of Human Life), pages 272-273

Forms of cryptolibertarian

Adjective
comparativemore cryptolibertarian
superlativemost cryptolibertarian
alternative formcrypto-libertarian
Noun
pluralcryptolibertarians

Origin of cryptolibertarian

From crypto- + libertarian.

Questions about cryptolibertarian

What does cryptolibertarian mean?
Cryptolibertarian means related to, characteristic of, or espousing cryptolibertarianism.
What part of speech is cryptolibertarian?
Cryptolibertarian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cryptolibertarian in the dictionary

  1. cryptolectal
  2. cryptolects
  3. cryptolepine
  4. cryptoliberal
  5. cryptoliberals
  6. cryptolibertarian
  7. cryptolibertarianism
  8. cryptolinguist
  9. cryptolinguistic
  10. cryptolinguistics
  11. cryptolinguists

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