liberal
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈlɪbərəl/
:
liberal económico
- Rufus trained as a lawyer and entered Parliament as a Liberal in 1904, becoming Attorney General in 1910.
- classical liberal
- economic liberal
- classic liberal
Examples
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While hardly a conservative, he is no longer the Galbraithian liberal he once was.
Academic text (1991) -
But as a liberal, I also know that the other people don't know.
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But whether you are a conservative or a liberal, you got your news from the same place.
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At age 83, Marshall is the last truly consistent liberal on the bench.
Academic text (1991) -
A small band of welfare state liberals in Congress protested.
Academic text (1997) -
According to these results, liberals would be more "middle of the roaders" than reflective of any clear ideological position.
Academic text (2002) -
Penalosa, the current mayor of Bogota, also was bred a Liberal, while Pastrana had been a Conservative.
Academic text (2000) -
Judges pictured as conservatives joined justices seen as liberals to form the majorities in the unexpected beneficiary cases.
Academic text (1996) -
In 1936, the dictator Jorge Ubico became the first Liberal to permit the appointment of a papal nuncio to Guatemala.
Academic text (1994) -
A liberal believes that reducing government regulation can lead to a more efficient economy.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who wants people to have more freedom and very small government
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4.6
A person who supports private business and free markets
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9.8
A person who supports social equality and more government help
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7.0
A person who supports political freedom, social change and basic rights
A person who wants people to have as much economic freedom as possible and little government control
Antonyms
Idioms
A saying that some people who call themselves liberal may show authoritarian views when challenged
Compounds
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3.7
College or university studies that teach broad knowledge and thinking skills across subjects like literature and history
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3.6
A UK political party in the centre that supports liberal social policies and reforms to help working people
- Literature
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7.7
A group of people with liberal views who have more money, status, and influence
- Offensive
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9.4
A rich person who supports liberal ideas but is out of touch with ordinary people
How Free-market
Surface Forms
Morphology
liberal = liber + al
The economic sense (laissez-faire) is a specialized ideological usage not directly inferable by learners from the classical root 'liber' + '-al'.
Etymology
Liberal comes from the Latin liber meaning 'free', the same root as liberty, and in economics it came to mean support for 'free' markets with little government control, so an economic liberal wants less state interference.