Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The countries of the world that have democratic and capitalistic or moderately socialistic systems rather than communist or totalitarian systems.
Wiktionary
- n. collectively, all the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states.
WordNet 3.0
- n. anti-communist countries collectively
Examples
“For no better reason than that he could do it, Whitlam decided that Australia would be among the first nations of the free world formally to acknowledge the USSR's annexation of the Captive Nations, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.”
Foreign Minister: The Earle Page College's Annual Politics Dinner
“Eastward from Germany, new colossi, new threats to the peace, security and liberty of the free world were already germinating even before the old ones had been wholly liquidated.”
The HurricaneStory
“But in the year 1937, at the time the first pro - duction Hurricane, serial L.1547, with the first Merlin II engine was transported to Brooklands and had its initial flight, the successors to this air - plane which in its trial by fire was to save the free world was already on the drawing boards.”
The HurricaneStory
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘free world’.
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POL - cool collocations (Adj+Noun)
strident criticism, devolved approach, lax control, serious misgivings, incessant negotia..., fundamental task, controversial plan, fierce criticism, lengthy consultation, public confidence, central point, final push and 183 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...deserve, deserve better, destiny, determination, determine, determine the wil..., dialogue, differentiation, difficult question, disappointments, diverse, diversity and 751 more...
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states of mind: from absurdistan to zion
Countries, lands, cities that capture, or haunt, our dreams. Some of the places listed might be the names of actual localities, but here they are states of mind.
absurdistan, banana republic, utopia, mitteleuropa, new jerusalem, deseret, canaan, zion, ruritania, outer slobovia, lower slobovia, avalon and 126 more...
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Tulip Names I
No rhyme or reason other than that I like the names. :-) For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names II: You Know ...abbey dream, abbey road, abodement, abra, abra elite, academician tstisin, acapulco, ace of diamonds, acropolis, ad hoc, adamo, addis and 597 more...
Tweets
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nuxiy An imaginary place. Mar 28, 2009
yarb The place in which Neil Young exhorts us to continue rocking. Sep 9, 2008
chained_bear psst... you mean something like 30% of U.S. citizens, right? I'd wink but it isn't funny. Sep 9, 2008
rolig The place of which U.S. citizens alone get to choose the leader; a place that is constantly being threatened with destruction or takeover by evil geniuses; a place that always has to be saved by the likes of James Bond. Sep 9, 2008