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liberal |
Grep of noun liberal liberal liberal arts liberal party liberalisation liberalism liberality liberalization liberalness neoliberal Overview of noun liberal The noun liberal has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (27) liberal, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties) 2. (1) liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets) Overview of adj liberal The adj liberal has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (6) broad, liberal, tolerant -- (showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions") 2. (4) liberal -- (having political or social views favoring reform and progress) 3. (3) liberal -- (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition) 4. (3) big bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded -- (given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather") 5. free loose, liberal -- (not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem") Antonyms of adj liberal 5 senses of liberal Sense 1 broad, liberal, tolerant INDIRECT (VIA broad-minded) -> narrow-minded, narrow Sense 2 liberal INDIRECT (VIA right left) -> center INDIRECT (VIA left center) -> right Sense 3 liberal (vs. conservative) conservative (vs. liberal) => blimpish => buttoned-up => fusty, standpat(postnominal), unprogressive, nonprogressive => hidebound, traditionalist => ultraconservative Sense 4 big bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded INDIRECT (VIA generous) -> stingy, ungenerous Sense 5 free loose, liberal INDIRECT (VIA inexact) -> exact Similarity of adj liberal 5 senses of liberal Sense 1 broad, liberal, tolerant => broad-minded (vs. narrow-minded) Sense 2 liberal => left (vs. center) (vs. right) Sense 3 liberal (vs. conservative) => civil-libertarian => liberalistic => neoliberal => progressive, reformist => socialized, socialised => welfarist, welfare(postnominal), welfare-statist Also See-> left#4 Sense 4 big bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded => generous (vs. stingy) Sense 5 free loose, liberal => inexact (vs. exact) Attributes of adj liberal 1 of 5 senses of liberal Sense 3 liberal (vs. conservative) => political orientation, ideology, political theory Familiarity of adj liberal liberal used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj liberal illiberal liberal liberalistic neoliberal Overview of noun liberal The noun liberal has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (27) liberal, progressive -- (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties) 2. (1) liberal -- (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets) Overview of adj liberal The adj liberal has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (6) broad, liberal, tolerant -- (showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions") 2. (4) liberal -- (having political or social views favoring reform and progress) 3. (3) liberal -- (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition) 4. (3) big bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded -- (given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather") 5. free loose, liberal -- (not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem")
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