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A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase and including a compound represented by Formula (1), a compound represented by Formulas (2-1) and (2-2), and a compound represented by Formulas (3-1), (3-2) and (3-3), and a liquid crystal display device including the composition: n n n n n n n n n n wherein, for example, R 1 is alkenyl having approximately 2 to approximately 12 carbons; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are alkyl having approximately 1 to approximately 12 carbons; Y 1 and Y 2 are fluorine; X 1 and X 5 are hydrogen; and X 2 , X 3 and X 4 are hydrogen or fluorine, provided that at least one of X 2 , X 3 and X 4 is fluorine. |