noun
anti-communist countries collectively (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage
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—free-world, adj.
(often caps.)
the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
[1945-50]
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Free World noun
The collective name used of themselves by capitalist democratic countries esp during the Soviet era to differentiate themselves from communist states
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Main Entry: ↑free
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free world or Free World,
(formerly) the nations of the world not under communist control; the non-Communist nations: »
In the underdeveloped lands, two thirds of the free world's people are underfed, badly housed, illiterate (Newsweek).
–free´-world´,
–Free´-World´, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.