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Meaning of LIBERALISM

Pronunciation:  'liburu`lizum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard
  2. [n]  a political orientation that favors progress and reform
 
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 See Also: economic theory, ideology, neoliberalism, political orientation, political theory

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lib"er*al*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F.
lib['e]ralisme.]
Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the
liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the
principles of the Liberal party.
 
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 Related Terms: broad-mindedness, capitalism, catholicity, free competition, free enterprise, free thought, free trade, freethinking, isolationism, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, latitudinarianism, left, left wing, leftism, let-alone policy, let-alone principle, liberality, liberalness, liberation, libertarianism, libertinism, noninterference, nonintervention, open-mindedness, progressivism, self-regulating market, tolerance, toleration, unbigotedness
 

 

 

 

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