free world

noun

, (often initial capital letters)

1. the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.

Free World

noun

1. the Free World
   the Free World the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist

Other Words From

• free-world adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of free world¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The vaccine drive is an opportunity for America to take its self-prescribed mantle as “leader of the free world” and apply it to the vaccine.

From Time

Each item cost twice as much from the commissary as it costs in the free world.

From Time

The idea that such violence doesn’t happen in the United States is premised by the assumption that the United States is the most advanced nation-state and the “leader of the free world.”

From Washington Post

We’re no less women than the regular people in the free world and we still deserve to have the same respect and proper medical attention.

From Time

After all, the Soviet Union had just collapsed, and Americans were told that the free world was finally secure.

From Ozy

He is a lawyer for AIDS-Free World, which pushes for more active and gay-inclusive policies to combat HIV.

From The Daily Beast

In all, the comment seemed to be a bit of gentle ribbing with the leader of the free world.

From The Daily Beast

A new internet tool seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them.

From The Daily Beast

The most powerful man in the free world, who was nearly three decades her senior, played no active role.

From The Daily Beast

The good news is that governments and media of the free world are not proving quite as accommodating this time around.

From The Daily Beast

She was the first member of the free world he had met who had learned his prison record, and he waited, chokingly, her action.

From Project Gutenberg

In the free world nearly a hundred prominent individuals simply disappeared.

From Project Gutenberg

This has not been the first test for us and for the free world.

From Project Gutenberg

Free verse is a sign of the New, also the dream of a free world and the planetary patriotism.

From Project Gutenberg

Who, that has stood before the frowning scaffold, and with a free world before him, can utter words of censure?

From Project Gutenberg