Whether repression has come from the church or from a totalitarian state, science has always been an imperiled endeavor, but to claim that it will only flourish in times of libertarian rule is not a(n) (i) conclusion. A(n) (ii) government is not the same as one that actively takes an interest in funding science – and the latter may well be, in some respects, (iii).
Blank (i)
superficial
ineluctable
tentative
Blank (ii)
despotic
aloof
permissive
Blank (iii)
corrupt
inviolate
autocratic