liberalism
English edit
Etymology edit
Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal + -ism.
Noun edit
liberalism (countable and uncountable, plural liberalisms)
- The quality of being liberal.
- (politics) 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.
- 2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”, in New York Times[1]:
- Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute.
- (economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).
- 2018, Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century:
- But liberalism has no obvious answers to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruption.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
quality of being liberal
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political movement
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economic theory
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French libéralisme. Equivalent to liberal + -ism.
Noun edit
liberalism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of liberalism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) liberalism | liberalismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) liberalism | liberalismului |
| vocative | liberalismule | |
Related terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, liberal + -ism
Noun edit
liberalism c
- liberalism; quality of being liberal; political movement based on personal freedom
Declension edit
| Declension of liberalism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | liberalism | liberalismen | — | — |
| Genitive | liberalisms | liberalismens | — | — |