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Liberalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being liberal. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market wordnet
  3. 3
    Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. countable, uncountable

    "Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute."

  4. 4
    a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution wordnet
  5. 5
    An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism). countable, uncountable

    "But liberalism has no obvious answers to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruption."

Etymology

Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal + -ism.

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