illiberal

  • 11illiberal — I adjective avaricious, avarus, biased, bigoted, churlish, close, close fisted, conservative, covetous, dogmatic, fanatical, grasping, greedy, grudging, hidebound, inhospitable, inliberalis, intolerant, mean, mercenary, miserly, narrow, narrow… …

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  • 12illiberal — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ opposed to liberal principles. DERIVATIVES illiberality noun illiberally adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13illiberal — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin illiberalis ignoble, stingy, from Latin in + liberalis liberal Date: 1535 not liberal: as a. archaic (1) lacking a liberal education (2) lacking culture and refinement b. not… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14illiberal — [[t]ɪlɪ̱bər(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as illiberal, you are critical of them because they do not allow or approve of much freedom or choice of action. ...the sort of illiberal legislation which could… …

    English dictionary

  • 15illiberal — adjective a) restrictive to individual choice and freedom; authoritarian. Unless the administration compels all workers to invest in life cycle accounts an illiberal but nonetheless sensible idea this particular danger cannot be eliminated. b)… …

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  • 16illiberal — il|lib|e|ral [ıˈlıbərəl] adj formal 1.) not supporting people s rights to say or do what they want ≠ ↑liberal ▪ illiberal and undemocratic policies 2.) not generous >illiberally adv >illiberality [ıˌlıbəˈrælıti] n [U] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17illiberal — adjective formal 1 not supporting freedom of expression or of personal behaviour: illiberal and undemocratic policies 2 not generous illiberally adverb illiberality noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Illiberal democracy — Part of the Politics series Democracy History · Va …

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  • 19illiberal — illiberality, illiberalness, illiberalism, n. illiberally, adv. /i lib euhr euhl, i lib reuhl/, adj. 1. narrowminded; bigoted. 2. Archaic. a. not generous in giving; miserly; niggardly; stingy. b. Chiefly Literary. without culture …

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  • 20illiberal — unfrei * * * ịl|li|be|ral 〈Adj.〉 engherzig, unduldsam, kleinlich; Ggs liberal [<lat. illiberalis „unedel, gemein, geizig“] * * * ịl|li|be|ral [auch: … ra:l ] <Adj.> [lat. illiberalis, eigtl. = gemein, zu: in = nicht, un u. liberalis, ↑ …

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