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Liberalism lib·er·al·ism

Spelling: [lib-er-uh-liz-uh m, lib-r Liberalism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 701 anagrams from letters in Liberalism (abeiillmrs).

Definitions for Liberalism

noun

1. the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
2. a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) the principles and practices of a liberal party in politics.
4. a movement in modern Protestantism that emphasizes freedom from tradition and authority, the adjustment of religious beliefs to scientific conceptions, and the development of spiritual capacities.

Origin of Liberalism

First recorded in 1810-20; liberal + -ism

Examples for Liberalism

Adelaide had a Federation-wide reputation for left-wing neo-Marxist "liberalism."

They call us Rationalists; take care you don't fall into liberalism.

liberalism in the United States today is the politics that dares not speak its name.

A liberalism worthy of the word should lift its head and see new paths.

I was ashamed of him, and sick of liberalism, as I sat there.

From its founding in 1914, The New Republic has been the flagship and forum of American liberalism.

Usually, though, old-fashioned liberalism is very much at the fore in Puck.

Sometimes democracy and liberalism are about speaking up about the great issues, like a massive foreign war.

Even the dreadful Hamidian tyranny could not kill Turkish liberalism.

Even so, Maher has identified a problem within Western liberalism today.