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freedom from

A person's right to not have something happen to them.

Regulation designed to limit what is legal on the basis of freeing people from slavery

Etymology:
A term coined by Peter Glasser, because this and freedom to would not carry as much baggage as the proper political science terms.

Prohibition was justified as freedom from alcohol

by namerealpseudonym January 16, 2019

County

The domain of a count.

The count ruled over his county with an iron fist.

by namerealpseudonym December 5, 2018

Tricky Dicky

Richard Nixon, typically used to refer to him as corrupt, yet clever. It suggests Nixon in a way which emphasises his scheming corrupt campaign tactics.

Tricky Dicky fired the special council investigating him.

by namerealpseudonym November 20, 2019