liberticide

liberticide
Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal

by aſſembling at her houſe, in ſecret council, the principal chiefs of that conſpiracy, and by keeping up a correſpondence tending to facilitate their liberticide deſigns.

2. noun
a) The destruction of liberty.

All that has been done by the state since the revolt of May is liberticide of the most violent character.

b) One who causes the destruction of liberty.

In the hands of a designing executive, a standing army was the classic instrument of liberticide.


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  • liberticide — [ libɛrtisid ] adj. • 1791; de liberté et cide ♦ Littér. Qui détruit la liberté, les libertés. « amener le révolté aux formes les plus liberticides de l action » (Camus). Subst. Un, une liberticide. ● liberticide adjectif Littéraire. Qui détruit… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Liberticide — Lib er*ti*cide (l[i^]b [ e]r*t[i^]*s[imac]d), n. [L. libertas liberty + caedere to kill: cf. (for sense 2) F. liberticide.] 1. The destruction of civil liberty. [1913 Webster] 2. A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • liberticide — index oppression Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • liberticide — (n.) 1793, from LIBERTY (Cf. liberty) + CIDE (Cf. cide) …   Etymology dictionary

  • liberticide — [li bʉrt′ə sīd΄] n. [Fr: see LIBERTY & CIDE] a destroyer of liberty adj. destroying liberty …   English World dictionary

  • liberticide — (li bèr ti si d ) adj. Néologisme. Qui attente aux libertés publiques. Ordonnance liberticide. •   Projets liberticides, BABOEUF Pièces, I, 95. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. libertas, liberté, et caedere, tuer …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • LIBERTICIDE — adj. des deux genres Qui tend à détruire sa liberté …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • liberticide — liberticidal, adj. /li berr teuh suyd /, n. 1. destruction of liberty. 2. a person who destroys liberty. [1785 95; LIBERTY + CIDE] * * * …   Universalium

  • liberticide — destruction of liberty Killing and Killers …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • liberticide — li·ber·ti·cide …   English syllables

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