freedalism
n.— «The Americans even coined a word for doing things without permission in this land of the unfree: “freedalisms.”…Despite the Americans’ penchant for freedalisms, the North Koreans were, after seven years, evidently pleased with their behavior and apparent indoctrination.» —“In From The Cold” by Jim Frederick in Camp Zama, Japan Time Dec. 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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