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minarchy

noun
/ˈmɪnɑː(ɹ)ki/

Etymology

From min(imum) + -archy.

  1. learned borrowing from minimum
  2. suffixed as minarchy — “minimum + archy”

Definitions

  1. Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.

    • This "minarchy," often dubbed the "nightwatchman State," reduced to police (and possibly army), is their historical ideal - and even in present days that of philosopher Nozick, for instance.
    • In minarchy the owner of a property is the sole owner of the private propety and what comes out of it.
    • But even the most minimal minarchy, at some point, must claim its citizens' exclusive allegiance

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA