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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
liberal/ˈlɪbərəl/
▶adjective
- 1 respectful and accepting of behaviour or opinions different from one's own.
■ (of a society, law, etc.) favourable to individual rights and freedoms.
■ Theology regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.
- 2 (in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform.
■ (Liberal) relating to Liberals or a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) relating to the Liberal Democrat party.
- 3 (of education) concerned with broadening general knowledge and experience.
- 4 (especially of an interpretation of a law) not strictly literal.
- 5 given, used, or giving in generous amounts.
- 1 a person of liberal views.
- 2 (Liberal) a supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.
– derivatives
liberalism noun,
liberalist noun,
liberalistic adjective,
liberality noun,
liberally adverb,
liberalness noun.
liberalism noun,
liberalist noun,
liberalistic adjective,
liberality noun,
liberally adverb,
liberalness noun.
– origin ME (orig. in sense ‘suitable for a free man’ hence ‘suitable for a gentleman’): via OFr. from L. liberalis, from liber ‘free (man)’.
'liberal' also found in these Oxford entries:
bleeding heart
- Broad Church
- broad-minded
- cartel
- chatter
- crunchy
- double-dyed
- Eurocommunism
- Gladstone bag
- granola
- illiberal
- latitudinarian
- Lib.
- Lib Dem
- liberal arts
- Liberal Democrat
- liberal studies
- minded
- pinko
- radical
- right-on
- SLD
- trivial
- wet
- Whig
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