free country
Land of liberty
A free country is a nation where citizens enjoy civil liberties—freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and movement.
The phrase appears most often in the rhetorical defense It's a free country, invoked to justify doing something others disapprove of or to assert one's right to make personal choices without interference: I can wear what I want—it's a free country.
Absence of unjust constraint
- democracyRule by the people
- speechOral communication ability
- pressApply force downward
- assemblyConstructing from components
protest · dissent · expression · opinion · constitution · censorship · activism · petition
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- republicState with elected leaders
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
nationalism · patriotism · self-determination · liberation · decolonization · emancipation · governance · territory
Recovery after decline
- justificationReason proving rightness
- defenseProtection against harm
- excuseOffered reason for wrongdoing
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
irony · entitlement · dismissal · rebuttal · quip · argument · indignation · defiance
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
assembly · protest · dissent · expression · opinion · constitution · censorship · activism · petition · debate
independence
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- republicState with elected leaders
statehood · nationalism · patriotism · self-determination · liberation · decolonization · emancipation · governance · territory · citizenship
comeback
Recovery after decline
- justificationReason proving rightness
- defenseProtection against harm
- excuseOffered reason for wrongdoing
sarcasm · irony · entitlement · dismissal · rebuttal · quip · argument · indignation · defiance
free countrydictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
authoritarian regime · police state · tyranny · autocracy · fascist state
free countrysurveillance state
Government that watches all
prison state · North Korea · Nazi Germany · Soviet Union · slave state
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