liberal

Etymology
The adjective is from, from , from ; it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to /,  or  training.
 * 2) Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
 * 3) Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
 * 4)  Unrestrained, licentious.
 * 5) Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
 * 6)  Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
 * 7) * 2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 10:
 * Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of, in his February 1903 deposition to the committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.
 * 1) Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
 * 2)  Unrestrained, licentious.
 * 3) Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
 * 4)  Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
 * 5) * 2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 10:
 * Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of, in his February 1903 deposition to the committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.
 * 1)  Unrestrained, licentious.
 * 2) Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
 * 3)  Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
 * 4) * 2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 10:
 * Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of, in his February 1903 deposition to the committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.
 * 1) Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
 * 2)  Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
 * 3) * 2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 10:
 * Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of, in his February 1903 deposition to the committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.
 * Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of, in his February 1903 deposition to the committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.

Usage notes

 * Differences between the classical and modern political definitions of the word "liberal" can make some phrases ambiguous. For example, if one says a certain region has "liberal gun laws," this can be interpreted with two opposite meanings.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: хуманитарен
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: liberal
 * Korean: 자유주의(自由主義)-의


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Japanese:, 自由主義的
 * Korean:
 * Maori: kaimārire
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: largus
 * Maori: kaimārire
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: pailt-làmhach
 * Swedish:, väl tilltagen,


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 개방적(開放的)-이다, 관대(寬大)하다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: liberal
 * Nynorsk: liberal
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: malabusaw


 * Belarusian: лібера́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: livrel
 * Finnish:
 * French:, de gauche
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Korean: 진보적(進步的)-이다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: liberal
 * Nynorsk: liberal
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kiliberali
 * Ukrainian: лібера́льний
 * Welsh: rhyddfrydol


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish:

Noun

 * 1) One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
 * 2)  Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology.
 * 3)   A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
 * 4)  One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets.
 * 5)  A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.

Translations

 * Belarusian: лібера́л
 * Bulgarian: либера́л
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: liberulo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 自由主義者
 * Korean: 자유주의자(自由主義者), 진보주의자(進步主義者)
 * Maori: Rīpera
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: libearalach
 * Ukrainian: лібера́л


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: libearalach


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Korean: 진보주의자(進步主義者)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: libearalach
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Scottish Gaelic: libearalach
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
, from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  A job with economic autonomy and intellectual activity, as in s
 * , supporter of economic liberalism.
 * 1)  A job with economic autonomy and intellectual activity, as in s
 * , supporter of economic liberalism.

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) liberal; permissive; allowing personal freedoms
 * 2)  libertarian; liberal in the traditional sense
 * 1)  libertarian; liberal in the traditional sense

Usage notes

 * in German-speaking Europe are associated with support for free-market economy and small government. These parties most often represent the centre or even the centre-right of the political spectrum. The sense “left-wing”, which now often has, does not exist in the German word. When used of particular policies,  means “permissive, rejecting legal restraints”. Thus, for example, left-wing parties are more likely to be  with regard to abortion, while right-wing parties are more likely to be  with regard to arms sales.

Etymology
From, from (Modern 🇨🇬), from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
 * 2) open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
 * 1) open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) appropriate for a free person
 * 2) generous; giving

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * , generous, tolerant

Usage notes
In Brazil, the political sense of "liberal" is used to describe supporters of economic freedom, like classical liberals.

Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  libertarian
 * 1)  libertarian
 * 1)  libertarian

Noun

 * 1)  libertarian
 * 1)  libertarian
 * 1)  libertarian

Usage notes

 * In Latin America and Spain, the political sense of "liberal" is used to describe supporters of economic freedom, like classical liberals.

Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Etymology
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