minarchy
/ˈmɪnəki/Politics Philosophy
noun
Minimal government; specifically a (hypothetical) form of government that does not interfere with individual rights and civil liberties, and that has itself no right to levy taxes upon legitimately acquired property.
- Such a theory, posited on the pre-eminence of individual rights to life, liberty, and property, was popularized by U.S. philosopher Robert Nozick in Anarchy, State & Utopia (1974), though Nozick did not use the term minarchy..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Ralph Borsodi (1888–1977). From min- + -archy.
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