So there is not an inherent trade-off between government and freedom. Much of what government does is not coercive at all, and expansion of government programs is not going to lead us down a slippery slope to totalitarian rule. But all of this is not to deny that some government activities do curtail our freedom.
factitive. adj. 1. (Grammar) grammar denoting a verb taking a direct object as well as a noun in apposition, as for example elect in they elected John president, where John is the direct object and president is the complement.
Verbs like make, choose, judge, elect, select, name. are called factitive verbs. 1  These transitive verbs can take two objects, or seem to: 2  They judged Philbert's dog Best of Show. (where dog is the direct object and Best of Show is the second complement). 3  The faculty elected Dogsbreath the new Academic Dean.