LIBERAL
\lˈɪbəɹə͡l], \lˈɪbəɹəl], \l_ˈɪ_b_ə_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of LIBERAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
By Princeton University
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having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
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Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
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Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
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Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
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One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.
By Oddity Software
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Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
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Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
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Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
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Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
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One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the party, so called. Cf. Whig.
By Noah Webster.
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Generous; plentiful; free from narrowness in ideas or doctrines.
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One who believes in extension of freedom in political, social, religlous, and other institutions; liberal arts, the branches of academic learning, such as literature, history, science, language, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Becoming a gentleman: generous: noble-minded: candid: free: free from restraint: general, extensive.
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One who advocates greater freedom in political institutions.
By Daniel Lyons
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Generous; nobleminded, candid, free.
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Liberality.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
