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Definitions: Liberalism |
LiberalismNoun1. A political orientation that favors progress and reform. 2. An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "liberalism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disinterestedness | Noun: disinterestedness; Adjective: generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity. |
Freedom | Autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference; Monroe Doctrine. |
Government | Democracy, republicanism; communism, statism, state socialism; socialism; conservatism, toryism; liberalism, whigism; theocracy; constitutional monarchy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Liberals are sometimes referred to as Methodological Individualists
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Crosswords: Liberalism |
| English words defined with "liberalism": extreme right-winger ♦ fascism, flower child ♦ hippie, hippy, hipster ♦ reactionary ♦ ultraconservative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "liberalism": Chauvin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Liberalism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (liberalism), Swedish (liberalism). |
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Pope Pius IX | The Roman pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization. |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | By this, the long wished-for opportunity was offered to "True" Socialism of confronting the political movement with the Socialist demands, of hurling the traditional anathemas against liberalism, against representative government, against bourgeois competition, bourgeois freedom of the press, bourgeois legislation, bourgeois liberty and equality, and of preaching to the masses that they had nothing to gain, and everything to lose, by this bourgeois movement. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They opposed, and sometimes with a rare intelligence, destructive liberalism by conservative liberalism. |
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Economic History | Madagascar | Political parties: There are more than 130 with a dozen major ones, including Pillar and Podium for the Development of Madagascar (AREMA), Militants for the Development of Madagascar (MFM), Be Judged by your Work (AVI), Work, Truth and Harmonized Development (AFFA), National Union for Development and Democracy (UNDD), Social Democrat Party (PSD), Reflection and Action Group for Development in Madagascar (GRAD-Iloafo), Rally for Social Democracy (RPSD), Economic Liberalism and Democratic Action for Reconstruction Party (LEADER-Fanilo), Independence and Renewal Party of Madagascar (AKFM-Fanavoazana). (references) |
Political Economy | Benin | All major political parties support economic liberalism. (references) |
Albania | Despite its name, the Socialist Party has recently spearheaded the drive to privatize state-owned industries and has pursued a policy of economic liberalism in strong cooperation with the IMF. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | But you can't get along with liberals, because the hallmark of liberalism isn't any one issue. |
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| "Liberalism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.14% of the time. "Liberalism" is used about 467 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.14% | 463 | 12,704 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.64% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 467 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "liberalism": neo-liberalism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | liberalizëm, gjerësi botëkuptimi (liberality), bujari (benevolence, bounty, generosity, largess, largesse, liberality, nobility, nobleness, open-handedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تحررية, الليبرالية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | либерализъм (liberality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 自"主义. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | liberalismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vapaamielisyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | libéralisme (liberality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | liberalismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλελευθερισμόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ליברליות (liberality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | liberalizmus (breadth of view, broad-mindedness, unorthodoxy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | liberalismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自"主義 , リベット接合 (determination of a loser to win the next time, liberal, liberalist, Liberia, repair, revenge, revolver, revolving, revolving loan, revolvingsystem, ribosome, rivet connection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リベラリズ , じゆうしゅぎ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자 주의 (liberal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | giastyllys (bountifulness, charity), giastyllid, fialys, feoiltys (bounty, generosity, hospitality, largesse, munificence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iberalismlay educação geral. (various references) liberalism. (various references) либерализм. (various references) liberalizam, slobodoumnost (broad-mindedness), slobodoumlje (liberality, liberalness). (various references) liberalismo. (various references) liberalism. (various references) ลัทธิเสรีนิยม. (various references) liberallik (breadth, liberality), liberalizm, özgürlükçülük (liberality). (various references) лібералізм (catholicity). (various references) chủ nghĩa tự do (latitudinarianism, libertarianism). (various references) Rhyddfrydiaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "liberalism": liberalisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "liberalism": antiliberalism, illiberalism, neoliberalism, ultraliberalism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "liberalism": antiliberalisms, illiberalisms, neoliberalisms, ultraliberalisms. (additional references) | |
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"Liberalism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: liberalis, liberlism, liberralism, libralism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "liberalism" (pronounced li"beruli'zum or li"bruli'zum) |
| 7 | -er u l i' z u m | federalism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, naturalism, pastoralism, supernaturalism. |
| 6 | -u l i' z u m | bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, colonialism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, mutualism, nationalism, neutralism, nihilism, parochialism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, radicalism, sensationalism, socialism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism. |
| 5 | -l i' z u m | alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
| 7 | -r u l i' z u m | centralism, moralism, neutralism, pluralism. |
| 6 | -u l i' z u m | bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, colonialism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, federalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, nationalism, naturalism, nihilism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, radicalism, sensationalism, socialism, supernaturalism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism. |
| 5 | -l i' z u m | alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: milliares, millibars, ramillies. | |
-2 letters: ballsier, brailles, liberals, milliare, millibar, milliers, mislabel, ramilies, ramillie. | |
-3 letters: alibies, amblers, ambries, bailers, bailies, ballers, ballies, balmier, bialies, billers, billies, blamers, braille, lambers, lambier, lambies, liberal, limbers, limbier, mailers, marbles, millers, millier, milreis, misbill, rallies, rambles, ramilie, realism, rebills, remails, risible, sallier, sillier, similar, slimier, smaller. | |
-4 letters: abseil, aimers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: liberalisms. | |
+2 letters: bilateralism, illiberalism. | |
+3 letters: bilateralisms, bimillenaries, illiberalisms, millilamberts, neoliberalism. | |
+4 letters: antiliberalism, liebfraumilchs, neoliberalisms, submaxillaries. | |
+5 letters: antiliberalisms, ultraliberalism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 62 65 72 61 6C 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -... . .-. .- .-.. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i b e r a l i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0062 0065 0072 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46756871846778758579 |
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