propertarianism
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English
Etymology
From propertarian + -ism.
Noun
propertarianism (uncountable)
- (politics, libertarianism) The libertarian philosophy that promotes contractual relationships made voluntarily, as opposed to government-imposed ones.
- 1974, Marcus Cunliffe, The right to property: a theme in American history, Sir George Watson lecture delivered in the University of Leicester, 4 May 1973:
- Faced with the dilemmas of democratic 'propertarianism', which have indeed not been fully […]
- 1999, Eben Moglen, Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright:
- Propertarianism joined to capitalist vigor destroyed meaningful commercial competition, but when it came to making good software, anarchism won.