消しょう極きょく的てき自じ由ゆう

noun

negative liberty

Political philosophy term: freedom from interference by others, especially by the state. Often contrasted with 積極的自由 (positive liberty).

See also: 積極的自由

• 消しょう極きょく的てき自じ由ゆうは、他た者しゃからの干かん渉しょうを受うけない自じ由ゆうを指さす。

  Negative liberty refers to freedom from interference by others.

• この思し想そう家かは消しょう極きょく的てき自じ由ゆうと積せっ極きょく的てき自じ由ゆうを区く別べつした。

  This thinker distinguished between negative liberty and positive liberty.