libertopia

English

Etymology

Blend of libertarian +‎ utopia.

Noun

libertopia (plural libertopias)

  1. (US, politics, chiefly derogatory) A hypothetical utopian libertarian society or nation-state.
    • 1995 February 15, Mike Huben, “Re: LP Challenge to GOP”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎ (Usenet):
      But as long as your libertopia is imaginary, I guess you can't be bothered to imagine that it is imperfect.
    • 1997 November 18, BretCahill, “Who Reads Canned Nazispam?”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎ (Usenet):
      I have yet to see one libertopist explain how indigents have real rights in libertopia.
    • 2003 May 4, Siobhan Medeiros, “Sorry Commies. Americans Cannot Be Charged For War Crimes”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎ (Usenet):
      In "libertopia" it would be easy for large corporation to institute large-scale oppression.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:libertopia.
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