liberalism
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liberalism
- /ˈlɪ.b(ə.)ɹə.lɪz.əm/
Where it comes from
Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal + -ism.
noun liberalisms
- The quality of being liberal.
- 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. Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute.
- An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism). But liberalism has no obvious answers to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruption.
- A school of international relations that emphasises cooperation (such as trade) between polities, as an alternative to power politics, and the geopolitically transformative role of democratisation, as opposed to inherent structural material factors.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: liberalization, liberalisation, deregulation, liberal, united, openness, liberality, freedom, progressivism, progressiveness, broad-mindedness, open-mindedness, liberalness, tolerance, cosmopolitanism, pluralism
Translations
Every language
noun quality of being liberal
| Español | liberalismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자유주의 jayujuui |
| 日本語 | 自由主義 jiyūshugi |
| 中文 | 自由主義 /自由主义 zìyóuzhǔyì |
| Português | liberalismo |
| Français | libéralisme |
| Deutsch | Liberalismus |
| Italiano | liberalismo |
| Ελληνικά | λιμπεραλισμός limperalismós |
| Русский | либерали́зм liberalízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa tự do |
| العربية | لِيبْرَالِيَّة librāliyya |
| עברית | ליברליזם |
noun political movement
| Español | liberalismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자유주의 jayujuui |
| 日本語 | 自由主義 jiyūshugi |
| 中文 | 自由主義 /自由主义 zìyóuzhǔyì |
| हिन्दी | उदारतावाद udārtāvād |
| Português | liberalismo |
| Français | libéralisme |
| Deutsch | Liberalismus |
| Italiano | liberalismo |
| Ελληνικά | φιλελευθερισμός fileleftherismós, λιμπεραλισμός limperalismós |
| Română | liberalism |
| Русский | либерали́зм liberalízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa tự do |
| العربية | لِيبْرَالِيَّة librāliyya |
| עברית | לִיבֶּרָלִיזְם liberalízm |
noun economic theory
| Español | liberalismo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 自由主義 /自由主义 zìyóuzhǔyì |
| Português | liberalismo |
| Ελληνικά | φιλελευθερισμός fileleftherismós, λιμπεραλισμός limperalismós |
| Русский | либерали́зм liberalízm |
Talk about this word "liberalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/liberalism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. liberalism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/liberalism "liberalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/liberalism.Cite this
@misc{liberalism_2026,
title = {liberalism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liberalism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
