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To: koan who wrote (70002)1/21/2009 12:35:22 AM
From: TimF1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
15 different definitions.

Also that's just from a dictionary entry. If you include the whole of the political and philosophical ideas associated with that term you have a much broader more complex thing. Well not really one thing, you have multiple ideas some of which directly contradict each other. (For example liberal can mean supporting of maximum economic freedom with minimal intervention in the economy from government, and it can also mean supporting high taxes and government spending along with extensive regulation.)

Conservative is also complex and lacking one single simple definition that covers the whole use of the word.

Libertarian is perhaps better defined, but it still covers people with very different ideas.
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