minarchy
/ˈmɪnɑː(ɹ)ki/
minarchy noun: government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
Noun
minarchy (countable and uncountable, plural minarchies)
- Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- This "minarchy," often dubbed the "nightwatchman State," reduced to police (and possibly army), is their historical ideal - and even in present days that of philosopher Nozick, for instance.2005, Serge-Christophe Kolm, Macrojustice: The Political Economy of Fairness, page 373
- In minarchy the owner of a property is the sole owner of the private propety and what comes out of it.2011, Farhoud Rastegar, From Bushman to Bush: As History Has Brought Us to a Point of No Return, page 101
- Synonyms:
- night watchman state
Synonyms of minarchy
Forms of minarchy
| plural | minarchies |
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Origin of minarchy
From min(imum) + -archy.
Words formed from minarchy
Questions about minarchy
- What does minarchy mean?
- Minarchy means government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- What part of speech is minarchy?
- Minarchy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce minarchy?
- Minarchy is pronounced /ˈmɪnɑː(ɹ)ki/.
- What is the plural of minarchy?
- The plural of minarchy is minarchies.
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