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liberalism

lib·er·al·ism [ líbbərə lìzzəm, líbbrə lìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. progressive views: a belief in tolerance and gradual reform in moral, religious, or political matters

2. politics political theory stressing individualism: a political ideology with its beginnings in western Europe that rejects authoritarian government and defends freedom of speech, association, and religion, and the right to own property

3. economics free-market economics: an economic theory in favor of free competition and minimal government regulation

4. christianity Christian theological movement: a movement in Protestantism stressing intellectual freedom and the moral content of Christianity over the doctrines of traditional theology


lib·er·al·ist noun
lib·er·al·is·tic [ lìbbərə lístik, lìbbrə lístik ] adjective
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