liberalism

[LibĀ·er*al*ism]

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

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Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

Noun
an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard

Noun
a political orientation that favors progress and reform


n.
Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.


Liberalism

Lib"er*al*ism , n. [Cf. F. lib'82ralisme.] Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

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Usage Examples

Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.

Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour, and particularly Old Labour, does.

That's what liberalism is all about, is promoting incompetence on the basis it's fair, because people would be the best if they weren't discriminated against.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.

Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase Obama's extreme liberalism and, thus, his failure to demonstrate why he would make a better president than Obama.

The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism.

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There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record? What does it say about the fiction of old liberalism to insist that good jobs and good schools and good wages will result from policies that have failed us, time and again?

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

Liberalism is Rationalism in politics.

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.

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