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Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one or having suitable balance regarding at least two of characteristics such as high maximum or low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, large optical anisotropy, large positive dielectric anisotropy and high stability to ultraviolet light, a liquid crystal display device including such a composition, particularly including an encapsulated composition, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition serving as a constituent of 3D lens. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large optical anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having large optical anisotropy and positive dielectric anisotropy as a second component; a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a third component; and a specific compound having large optical anisotropy and further having high maximum or low minimum temperature as a fourth component, and the liquid crystal display device includes the composition.

The present invention relates to a polymer satisfying at least two characteristics among the characteristics such that it has orientation of homeotropic and so forth; it has an orientation having no (or less) defects; it has a large optical anisotropy; it is tightly adhered to a supporting plate; it has a sufficient hardness; it is colorless and transparent; it has a large heat resistance; it has a large weatherability; and so forth and to a composition which is the precursor. The composition contains the following the compound (1), (2) and (3).In the above formulas, R is hydrogen or methyl, L is hydrogen, fluorine and so forth, A is 1,4-phenylene and so forth, X is trifluoromethyl and so forth, Y is hydrogen or fluorine, Z is —COO— and so forth, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.

Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy and small frequency dependence, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having positive dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.