noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being liberal.
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noun
The quality of being liberal.
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noun
Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
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Topics: government, politics
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An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).
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Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
A school of international relations that emphasises cooperation (such as trade) between polities, as an alternative to power politics, and the geopolitically transformative role of democratisation, as opposed to inherent structural material factors.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: international relations
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noun
an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market
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Broader terms: economic theory
noun
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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Broader terms: political orientation, ideology, political theory
Narrower terms: neoliberalism
History
Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal + -ism.
Across languages
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