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Illiberalism

Il-lib′er-al-ism

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Noun.
Illiberality.
[R.]

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illiberalism

illiberalism

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illiberalism (countable and uncountable, plural illiberalisms)

  1. The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.
    • 2009, January 25, “Timothy Garton Ash”, in A Liberal Translation:
      As the Oxford political theorist Michael Freeden observed, if just one of the necessary components — for example, the free market — dominates, then the result can be illiberalism.

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