Free World
Non-communist nations collectively
Free World refers to nations not under communist or authoritarian rule, especially Western democracies during the Cold War.
The term carried ideological weight, positioning capitalist democracies against the Soviet bloc: leader of the Free World, defending the Free World.
The phrase now sounds dated, though it occasionally resurfaces in political rhetoric contrasting democratic and autocratic governments.
Inalienable personal freedoms
- individual rightsFreedoms held by persons
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
liberation · dignity · equality · tolerance · open society · dissent · nonconformity · asylum
Cold War's political divide
- NATOWestern defense organization
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- Truman DoctrinePolicy opposing communist expansion
Marshall Plan · Berlin Wall · superpower · détente · propaganda · Voice of America · defection · asylum
Commerce-based economic system
- private propertyIndividually owned assets
- tradeExchange of commodities
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
entrepreneurship · profit motive · consumerism · privatization · deregulation · commerce · prosperity · innovation
Western defense organization
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- collective securityShared defense pact system
- mutual defenseReciprocal military obligation
partnership · solidarity · bloc · transatlantic · allies · member states · treaty · cooperation
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- representationDepiction or likeness
pluralism · civil liberties · rule of law · separation of powers · checks and balances · opposition · multiparty · transparency
human rights
Inalienable personal freedoms
- individual rightsFreedoms held by persons
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
emancipation · liberation · dignity · equality · tolerance · open society · dissent · nonconformity · asylum · sanctuary
Iron Curtain
Cold War's political divide
- NATOWestern defense organization
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
Truman Doctrine · Marshall Plan · Berlin Wall · superpower · détente · propaganda · Voice of America · defection · asylum · dissident
market economy
Commerce-based economic system
- private propertyIndividually owned assets
- tradeExchange of commodities
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
investment · entrepreneurship · profit motive · consumerism · privatization · deregulation · commerce · prosperity · innovation · industrialization
NATO
Western defense organization
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- collective securityShared defense pact system
mutual defense · partnership · solidarity · bloc · transatlantic · allies · member states · treaty · cooperation · unified
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
representation · pluralism · civil liberties · rule of law · separation of powers · checks and balances · opposition · multiparty · transparency · accountability
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Place NicknamesBig Apple, Windy City, Chi-Town, Motown, Hotlanta
Free Worldauthoritarian regimes
Governments with unchecked power
Soviet Bloc · Eastern Bloc · dictatorships · tyranny · police states
free, world, freed, freely, freedom, freeing, freer, freest, unfree