illiberalism

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illiberalism

noun illiberalisms

countable, uncountable The principle, state or quality of being illiberal. 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.
Similar: illiberality, antiliberalism

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noun principle, state or quality of being illiberal

Español	iliberalismo
日本語	反自由主義 han jiyūshugi
中文	反自由主義 /反自由主义 fǎn zìyóu zhǔyì
Français	illibéralisme
Deutsch	Illiberalismus
Italiano	illiberalismo

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@misc{illiberalism_2026,
  title = {illiberalism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illiberalism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}