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Liberal

Definition: Liberal

Liberal

Adjective

1. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions".

2. Having political or social views favoring reform and progress.

3. Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition.

4. Given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather".

5. Not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem".

Noun

1. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

2. A person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "liberal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: BC Liberal Party

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The British Columbia Liberal Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It has a confusing history which makes it difficult to equate with the federal Liberal Party of Canada, or other provincial parties in each Canadian province that call themselves "Liberal".

Through most of the 20th century in Canada, power alternated between a 'centre-left' party called the Liberals (equivalent roughly to the Labour Party in the UK or Democrats in the US), and a 'centre-right' party called the Progressive Conservatives. These parties also had provincial equivalents.

This system first began to seriously break down with the rise of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP), successor to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), in the 1960s. The CCF arose in Saskatchewan under Premier Tommy Douglas who was also the first leader of the federal NDP.

In British Columbia the NDP was particularly strong and power alternated between the New Democratic Party of British Columbia and the populist Christian BC Social Credit Party at the end of the 20th century. Parties by traditional names, 'Liberal' and 'Progressive Conservative', were marginalized and had little or no role in government. Politics became strongly polarized from left to right, and reflected an instability often referred to as 'frontier politics'.

During the 1992 Provincial election, the ruling Social Credit Party lay in tatters under Premier Rita Johnston. Multiple Socred scandals had left many BC conservatives looking for another option. At this time Gordon Wilson was the leader of the BC Liberal Party, and although his party was practically non-existant in the polls, he insisted he be included in the televised debate between Premier Johnston and NDP Leader Michael Harcourt. The networks eventually agreed, and Wilson impressed many with his performance. The Liberal campaign suddenly gained tremendous momentum, and syphoned off a lot of support from the Socred campaign. In the end, the NDP won the election, but the Liberals came in second with 17 seats to the Socreds' 7. The Social Credit Party effectively died at that point.

In 1995 Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell successfully challenged Wilson for leadership of the Liberals. Wilson in turn, accepted a cabinet position in the NDP government.

In 2001 Campbell beat the NDP and was elected Premier, the seventh premier in ten years. He put together a coalition named the BC Liberal Party, which unified federal Canadian Alliance, former BC Social Credit Party, and Liberal Party of Canada supporters. The result is the BC Liberal Party, whose platform resembles that of conservative Democrats or moderate Republicans in the States of Washington or Oregon, but with Canadian distinctions such as proclaimed support for universal health care.

Most Liberals in Canada don't associate themselves with the BC Liberal Party, although cynics say that there is little to distinguish their policies from those of Liberal Party of Canada potential leaders such as the MP Paul Martin, Jr.

See also:  Liberal Party of Canada, BC Social Credit Party
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BC Liberal Party."
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Classical liberalism
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Classical liberalism is a term coined by libertarian political theorists in the 20th century to distinguish their ideology from that of 20th-century liberals while implying that libertarianism, not liberalism, is true to historical liberal thought. It follows a tradition of thought from John Locke to Adam Smith to Frederic Bastiat to Ludwig von Mises to Friedrich Hayek to Robert Nozick, of philosophers, economists, and political thinkers, who study and promote individual liberty, notably against the arbitrary power of governments. See Libertarianism.


Classical Liberalism vs Political Liberalism

Classical liberalism is a tradition of thinkers who developed an ideology opposed to politics. Political liberalism on the other hand, is a tradition of politicians (particularly from British and American liberal parties), who only claim a vague relationship with some liberal thinkers. There is little common ground between the two.

For instance, John Stuart Mill, whose works were notably influenced by his socialist wife, is considered by libertarians as a fringe author in their philosophical tradition, whereas, as member of parliament, he is considered by political liberals as a key person in their tradition. Lord Acton, a classical liberal author, also had some acknowledged influence on Gladstone, a liberal politician. Finally, some renowned economists and politicians in the 1920s and 1930s, such as Keynes, at the time when collectivist theories were at their highest influence, renounced to basic principles of classical liberalism while still claiming the name "liberal" in contrast with overtly collectivist economists. That's as far as the relationship goes between these two traditions.


Disputed meanings of the term

Some try to restrict the term classical liberalism so as to stop in the nineteenth century or so. Libertarians argue that there is no interruption, no massive rejection of the past and no fork in the classical liberal tradition - only a single uninterrupted tradition, the only one which does lay claim to such theorists as Locke, Hume, Smith, Jasay and Bastiat, as opposed to Hobbes, Rousseau, Proudhon, Marx.

Similarly, some split classical liberalism into a political liberalism and an economic liberalism, so as to be able to consider liberal justifications of democracy independently from liberal justifications of capitalism. But libertarian thinkers themselves claim that this is missing the point, because the classical liberal tradition is neither political nor economical: it is a theory of Law - of what is or isn't legitimate for people to do.




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Folkpartiet
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Folkpartiet Liberalerna is a liberal political party in Sweden.  The party platform is "social responsibility without socialism", which includes a commitment to a free-market economy combined with comprehensive Swedish social welfare programs. Foreign aid and women's equality also are popular issues. The party base is mainly centered on educated middle-class voters.


Party leaders


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Left-wing politics
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Left-wing is the name given to socialist-type politics of all degrees.

Leftism, as it is also known, is a political orientation gained its name during the French Revolution. The aristocratic members of the Estates General or National Assembly would sit in the place of honor to the right of the Speaker, while the commoners would be relegated to the left. From this, "the right" came to mean support for aristocratic interests, or the ancien régime, while "the left" implied opposition to the same, such opposition including proto-laissez faire free marketeers (who in modern America are considered to be rightists) and communists (that is, commune-ists). At the time, the defining point on the ideological spectrum was the old order, on the right. On the near left stood people holding views similar to those of Edmund Burke, and on the far left massed a host of competing alternatives.

Traditionally, the left side of the political spectrum begins with modern liberalism, extending through social democrats and moderate socialists into communism. Many have disputed this arrangement as simplistic; they argue that Russian-style communism does not really belong on the left and should be viewed independently of the conventional spectrum or placed in the right as authoritarian dictatorship. This association has often been used by critics of democratic socialism or left-liberalism to argue that the political left is tarred with the crimes of bolshevism.

The European left has traditionally extended into Communist parties, which have sometimes allied with more moderate leftists to present a united front. In America, however, the left has been defined by labor unions and New Left activists rather than 19th century socialist ideas. 

The 'New Left' has had varying degrees of unity since its rise in the 1960s, and encompasses several movements such as feminism which are not always recognized as leftist. Greens often deny that the 'left' label provides any useful cover or coherence, and build their green politics on a different set of assumptions.  Usually, that local control is better than central, and only a few issues benefit from global unity.  This further erodes the 'left' message.

Many critics of the left have said that leftist movements lost their mooring after the fall of the Soviet Union. Most leftists respond that they have never taken their inspiration from the Soviet model and were happy to see the USSR's system collapse -- as leftist writer Michael Albert put it, "one down, one to go".

Some leftists also subscribe to post-modernism and Nietzschean philosophies. This has been remarked on both by the right, which generally sees it as an indication of the poorly thought-out, fashionable nature of leftism, and by critics on the left who say  postmodernism makes no sense and offers no useful political lessons.


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Other meanings

Right wing is also a player's position in sports such as soccer and ice hockey.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Left-wing politics."
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Liberal
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The word liberal, derived from the Latin liber ("free") has several senses. Generally speaking - and with the exception of the phrase liberal arts, where it means "studies that are liberating to the mind" - the liberal is that which departs from the traditional in some way, whereas the conservative is that which holds to it. When used as a noun with such qualifiers as "political," "radical," "moderate," and "classical," "liberal" indicates a person of a certain political stance. Additionally, it is used in theology to refer to a belief system which departs from the traditional views of the religion in which it is found. Liberal can also mean a good (large) amount of something, such as "Spread a liberal amount of woodchips on the garden." See these articles:


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Liberal Party of Australia
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There have been two Liberal Parties in the political history of Australia since federation in 1901.

There is also a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Australia which is a Libertarian party. 


The Deakinite Liberal Party

In 1909 Alfred Deakin, the leader of the Protectionist Party, agreed to merge with the Free Trade Party of George Reid to form what was officially called the Commonwealth Liberal Party, but was usually called "The Fusion." The party was defeated by Labor in 1910. Under its new leader, Joseph Cook, it won the 1913 elections, but in 1914 Cook called early elections and was defeated. In 1916 the Liberals merged with the ex-Labor followers of Billy Hughes to form the Nationalist Party of Australia.


The modern Liberal Party

The Liberal Party of Australia was founded on  August 31, 1945, after Robert Menzies had called a conference in 1944 of conservative parties opposed to the ALP. The Liberal Party absorbed several former conservative parties, including the Nationalist Party of Australia and the United Australia Party.

Throughout their history, they have been the party of the middle-class, though such class-based voting patterns are no longer so clear.

Stridently anti-communist, a political position ruthlessly exploited through the 1950s and 1960s by Robert Menzies to keep the Liberals in power throughout those decades, they nevertheless presided over a paternalistic state in which utilities were publicly owned, and commercial activity was highly regulated through centralised wage-fixing, high tariff protection, and extensive other regulation.  It was not until the late 1970s and through their period out of power federally in the 1980s that the party came to be dominated by what was known as the "New Right" - a Thatcher-inspired group who advocated sweeping deregulation, privatization of public utilities, and reductions in the size of government programs and thus tax cuts.

Socially, the party has wavered between what is termed "small-l liberalism", and Calvinist moral conservatism.  The current Howard Liberal government is in many respects extremely socially conservative.  Other Liberal state and federal governments have been much less so, usually determined by the views and personality of the leader of the time.

The party's organisation is dominated by the six state branches, reflecting the party's commitment to a federalised system of government (perhaps their most strongly held policy and certainly one of the few that has remained since the party's creation).  

As of early 2003, the Liberal party holds government federally, but does not hold power in any States or Territories.  It does not officially contest local government elections (though many members do run for office in local government).

Liberal Prime Ministers and their years of office are as follows:


Deakinite Liberal


Modern Liberal Party


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Liberal Party of Canada
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The Liberal Party is the current governing party of Canada.  It is one of only two parties that have alternately governed Canada since  Confederation, the other being the  Progressive Conservativess. In its early history it was the party of free trade, Quebec, and opposition to excessive imperialism. From its earliest years, however, the Liberal party has been accused of, or credited with, not having any great vision but rather reflecting whatever policies could best get them elected. In the period just before and after the  Second World War, the Liberal Party became a champion of social goals.  Under its longest serving Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's welfare state was created. These efforts were followed by Lester B. Pearson's introduction of universal health care. Under Pierre Trudeau this mission evolved into the goal of creating a "just society". In recent years, however, the party has been accused of "campaigning on the left and ruling on the right". Known colloquially as the "Grits", the Liberal Party has held power for a substantial majority of the past century.


Leaders of the Liberal Party:

The Liberal Party is a member of the Liberal International.


Provincial Liberal Parties

Each province in Canada has its own Liberal Party. Though these are not linked to the federal Liberals, relations are often close.  This is especially true with the Parti libéral du Québec and the Ontario Liberal Party.  Other provincial Liberal parties, such as the BC Liberal Party, differ markedly from the federal party.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Liberal Party of Canada."
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Liberal, Kansas
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Liberal is a city located in Seward County, Kansas.  As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,666.  It is the county seat of Seward County6.

Geography

Liberal is located at 37°2'36" North, 100°55'41" West (37.043418, -100.928133)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.0 km² (11.2 mi²).  28.6 km² (11.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water.  The total area is 1.25% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 19,666 people, 6,498 households, and 4,756 families residing in the city.  The population density is 686.5/km² (1,778.4/mi²).  There are 7,014 housing units at an average density of 244.9/km² (634.3/mi²).  The racial makeup of the city is 63.56% White, 4.21% African American, 0.72% Native American, 3.25% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 24.93% from other races, and 3.27% from two or more races.  43.29% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 6,498 households out of which 42.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% are non-families. 21.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older.  The average household size is 2.96 and the average family size is 3.46.
In the city the population is spread out with 31.7% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who are 65 years of age or older.  The median age is 29 years.  For every 100 females there are 104.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 103.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $36,482, and the median income for a family is $41,134. Males have a median income of $29,315 versus $22,017 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,108.  17.7% of the population and 14.3% of families are below the poverty line.  Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.8% are under the age of 18 and 7.6% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Liberal, Kansas."
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Liberal, Missouri
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Liberal is a city located in Barton County, Missouri.  As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 779.

Geography

Liberal is located at 37°33'32" North, 94°31'14" West (37.558860, -94.520546)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²).  2.2 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.19% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 779 people, 328 households, and 212 families residing in the city.  The population density is 358.1/km² (930.7/mi²).  There are 361 housing units at an average density of 165.9/km² (431.3/mi²).  The racial makeup of the city is 96.02% White, 0.26% African American, 1.54% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races.  1.16% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 328 households out of which 36.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% are married couples living together, 14.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% are non-families. 33.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older.  The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 2.98.
In the city the population is spread out with 30.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who are 65 years of age or older.  The median age is 32 years.  For every 100 females there are 82.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $24,375, and the median income for a family is $30,625. Males have a median income of $22,656 versus $21,406 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,246.  19.6% of the population and 14.7% of families are below the poverty line.  Out of the total people living in poverty, 30.7% are under the age of 18 and 14.0% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Liberal, Missouri."
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Liberalism
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Liberalism may be used to describe one of several ideologies
that claims individual liberty to dissent
from orthodox tenets or established authorities
in political or religious matters,
in contrast to conservatism.


  1.  One usage of the term is for a tradition of thought, that tries to circumscribe the limits of political power, and to define inalienable individual rights. This usage is more common in continental Europe.
    See: classical liberalism or libertarianism.

  2.  Another, less common usage, is to denote the tradition of various liberal parties. However, though said liberal parties were originally founded on the tradition above, they significantly diverged from it since they came to power in the 19th century, and liberal parties around the world are now based on a variety of unrelated ideologies, so the ideological content of the word depends on the geographical context.
    See: political liberalism.

  3.  Another, common usage, denotes the ideology of social-democracy, as defended by the liberal party in UK since the early 20th century, under the influence of Fabianism. It is with this background that Keynes claimed to be liberal in the 1930s, and that many American leftists claimed to be liberal. This usage is very popular in the United States.
    See: new liberalism.

  4.  A limited usage is to denote the tradition shared by authors like John Locke or John Stuart Mill, up to the mid 19th century.

  5.  Some commentators try to distinguish in the "liberal philosophy" (which meaning between 1, 3, or 4 remaining unspecified) a "political liberalism" from an "economical liberalism". These dichotomies reflect more about the ideology of those who make such a dichotomy, than about the ideology of anyone else. 

  6.  In addition to the political usages above, the term "liberal" is also used  in theology to refer to people who hold to views which depart from their religion's traditional beliefs.
    See: liberal theology.
    


The common meaning of terms evolve:
whereas the word "liberal" was clearly associated to meaning 1
(classical liberalism) in the 19th century,
it has come to commonly have meaning 3 (new liberalism)
in the US after World-War II,
and particularly as McCarthyism
made the word socialism difficult to bear,
and left-wingers massively adopted the name "liberal".
For this reason, US classical liberals adopted the name
"libertarian",
which leads to other confusion with European connotations of the term.
Recently, the word "liberal" has been so much used as a derogatory term
by US conservatives that many US liberals (meaning 3)
prefer to shun the word "liberal"
and call themselves "progressive".
In the UK, meanings 1, 2, 3 coexist,
since liberalism as an ideology
will be understood by scholars as classical liberalism,
whereas there is an active political party named
the Liberal Democrat Party,
and meaning 3 is imported from the US,
including the derogatory usage by conservatives. However, the derogatory connotation is weak, and social liberals from both the left- and right-wing continue to use "liberal" and "illiberal" to describe themselves and their opponents.

Liberals are sometimes referred to as Methodological Individualists


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New liberalism
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New liberalism (also pejoratively called welfare-state liberalism or revisionist liberalism), is a stance in political economy that argues for extensive state regulation and partial intervention in a capitalist background. It is named in opposition to classical liberalism, and serves as an intellectual foundation for political liberalism, liberal-democracy or social democracy.

In Europe and the United States, in the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century, governments started to intervene massively in the economy; this trend sky-rocketed with World War I, and even more so after the Great Depression of the 1930s. People like L.T. Hobhouse theorized why and how a government could intervene in the economy without the country becoming a socialist planned economy. They took the name of new liberals, to signify how they endorsed the evolving tradition of political liberalism, while rejecting the radical element from the classical liberal school of economic thought as well as the then-revolutionary elements from the socialist school.

New liberals believe that while some individual freedom should be guaranteed, classical free-market liberalism had failed to protect the basic rights of citizens, and that government is the solution to many social and societal problems. New liberals think of their stance as a pragmatic midway between socialism and classical liberalism.

New liberalism is not to be confused with neoliberalism, a name given indiscriminately to various proponents of the free market in the late 20th century.

See also: liberalism, political liberalism, social democracy, and the United States Democratic Party.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "New liberalism."
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Ontario Liberal Party
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The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada, and forms the Government of Ontario as of the Ontario general election, 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada. The party is currently led by Dalton McGuinty, who has been its leader since 1996.  


History

Ontario politics has in recent times has been dominated by the Progressive Conservatives. The Liberals have formed the Government only five out of the past sixty years, and have spent most of those years in opposition. For forty-two years, from 1943 to 1985 the province was governed by the Tories.  During this period the Liberal Party often was further to the right of the moderate Conservative administrations.  

The Ontario Liberal Party first broke this hold in 1985 under the leadership of David Peterson who served as premier of a coalition government until 1987, and majority government from 1987 to 1990.  Peterson's government ruled in a time of economic plenty where occasional instances of fiscal imprudence were not much remarked on.  Peterson was a close ally oof Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on the Meech Lake Accord but opposed Mulroney on the issue of free trade. The election of 1990 was a shock defeat to the Liberals, who had gone in with strong poll numbers.  They were defeated by the New Democratic Party under Bob Rae.  The Liberal defeat was in part caused by voter anger at going to the polls just three years into the governments mandate.  The campaign was also bady run with a mid-campaign proposal to cut the provincial sales tax a particularly bad blunder.  

In 1995 the Liberal party was expected to replace the unpopular NDP, but a poorly run campaign under Lyn McLeod saw the party beaten by the Conservatives under Mike Harris.  In the 1999 election the Conservatives started the campaign behind in the polls, but an advertising strategy focusing on attacking new Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty as well as a weak campaign by the Liberals saw the Tories returned to power.  

The 2003 Ontario election, however, saw the Tories run the poor campaign, and the Liberal party held onto its earlier support and even increased it, eventually winning a landslide victory and once again forming the government of Ontario.

See also: List of Ontario Premiers

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Parti libéral du Québec
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The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec) is a Quebec political party. They traditionally support Canadian federalism, as opposed to Quebec sovereignty, and the role of government in the economy (as opposed to the conservative Action démocratique du Québec). Notable Liberal premiers of Quebec include Jean Lesage and Robert Bourassa.

The current premier of Quebec, Jean Charest (elected April 14, 2003) is from the Parti libéral.

See Liberal Party of Canada
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Political liberalism
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Political liberalism refers to the respective political traditions
of the liberal parties around the world.  The same phrase is also used to refer to the later political philosophy of John Rawls.

Liberal traditions vary but are usually a blend of aspects of social democracy, though of a moderate reformist kind as opposed to revolutionary socialism, and selected aspects of classical liberalism, especially an attachment to a sphere of individual liberties, though without any strong principle in circumscribing government intervention.
Liberals usually think of themselves as progressive rather than conservative, and as moderate and reformist
rather than radical or revolutionary.
They will defend a democratic constitution that guarantees civil rights,
as opposed to monarchies, aristocracies, or otherwise non-democratic systems.

The specifics of liberal agendas vary considerably from country to country and over time, as social standards, and cultural attitudes
deal directly with some issues regarding personal freedom.

As in all political battles, what is apparent does not resemble the underlying political mechanics, and all political issues should be taken with a grain of salt.
Thus, many attempts by liberals and conservatives to characterize each other,
are more akin to a public stage-play based on symbolic idealisms
than on the real workings of compromise in government.
Compromises and the personal interest of politicians
mean that political discourse are taylored
to pander to expected voters and fit their common prejudice,
whereas promises are forgotten once the party holds power.

This distinction of political liberalism carries a caveat,
which is that in the absence of strong principles
characteristic of successful power-seeking endeavours,
there is no possible strong definition liberty,
and liberalism will refer to the vague common prejudices of the day.
The countries where liberals have stronger principles
are those where they are farther removed from any contention of holding power.



United Kingdom

Emerging primarily from the Whigs of the nineteenth century, the Liberal Party was a major force in pre-World War I politics.   Their political rivals were the Conservative (Tory) Party.

After the War, their influence was undermined by the rise of socialism in the form of Labour Party, who displaced the Liberals to become the party of progressive and reformist tendencies.

The doctrine of the party evolved a lot throughout history, matching concerns of the day.  For historical details, see the article about Whiggism.

In the latter half of the 20th century, the party merged with the Social Democratic Party to become the Liberal Democrats.  As a result, most commentators agree that the party has, at least on a national level, moved left into social democracy. (Though members often claim that the right-left spectrum is inadequate in a post-Cold War and post-ideological Britain.) 

Liberal policies that remain important to the party include support for free trade, a capitalist economy (albeit with government intervention) and strong civil liberties.

Notable Liberal Prime Ministers include:

United States

In recent decades the most common use of the term liberal in the USA
is greatly at variance from the use of the term in the rest of the world,
and with the historical meaning of the word in the USA
through the mid 20th century.

Some think that conservatives have been successful
in undermining progressives as 'liberals',
by deliberate public relations campaigns,
through repeated use of the word, 'liberal',
in ways that associate it with irresponsibility.

Some independent leftists and libertarians
who dislike the USA's two leading parties
allege that since liberal means being in favor of liberty,
both parties are telling the truth when they deny that they are liberals.

In the United States, the label of liberal
is sometimes used as derogatory or politically undermining label.
It can imply an overly free-spirited, unaccountable, and compromised character,
or someone in favor of vast and needless government intrusion
into peoples lives.

USA Conservatives in recent years,
often those of the Republican Party,
sometimes use liberal as an subversive adjective
for anyone who is a member of or supports any policy
of the Democratic Party.

Consequently, while far right wing politics
often are debated and voiced in the political world,
liberalism has been associated with far-left politics,
whose agendas are often voided.

See: Politicized issues




Twentieth century American political liberalism traditionally held many of the following views:


This resembled what in other countries was sometimes referred to as social democracy. However, unlike European social democrats, American liberals never widely endorsed nationalization of industry. In addition, in recent years the term has become somewhat confused,as the term has been applied to a broad spectrum of viewpoints.As the United States Democratic Party, the standard bearer of American liberals, adopted of the more centrist outlook of the Democratic Leadership Council,the term "liberal" has become associated with more centrist candidates and issues who, for example, support the death penalty or take pro-business positions. For this reason, many Americans on the left of the political spectrum prefer to use the term progressive to describe their views, disassociating themselves from contemporary mainstream liberalism.

Some people define liberals as those who support the use of government power to promote equality, but generally not to promote order. They also support more government intervention than conservatives. For example, liberals are more likely to promote affirmative action than to ban homosexual marriage. This definition is generally true, especially considering the main supporting points given above. However, this definition can be incorrect in some cases; for example, most liberals support gun control.

See also:


Oppose:

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The Liberal Party (UK)
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The current Liberal Party is a minor United Kingdom political party. 

The original Liberal Party, of which it claims to be a continuation, was one of the two major British political parties from the mid-19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats.


Origins

The Liberal Party grew out of the 18th and early 19th century Whig Party, which was augmented in the 1850s by "Peelite" defectors from the Tories and "Radicals" representing the new manufacturing interests. The term "Liberal Party" was first used officially in 1868, though it was used colloquially for decades before-hand. The establishment of the party as a national membership organisation came with the foundation of the National Liberal Federation in 1877.


The heyday of the Liberal Party

Under Gladstone the Liberal Party was a dominant force until 1886 when it split over the issue of Home Rule for Ireland, when several senior figures left to found the Liberal Unionist Party. Thereafter it was only in power for short periods until it was returned by a landslide in 1906 under the leadership of Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Campbell-Bannerman died in 1908 and was succeeded by Herbert Henry Asquith.  

In the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War, the Liberals pushed through numerous pioneering social reforms, such as regulation of working hours, national insurance and welfare, as well as the reform of the House of Lords, in 1909.  Irish Home Rule proved harder to orchestrate, however, and the Liberal government seemed on the verge of collapse in the summer of 1914, when it was saved by the outbreak of the First World War.  The poor British performance in the early months of the war forced Asquith to invite the Conservatives into a coalition on (May 17, 1915).  This tenuous coalition fell apart at the end of 1916, when the Conservatives refused to support Asquith any longer and gave their support instead to the formerly Radical Welsh Liberal David Lloyd George, who became Prime Minister at the head of a coalition government largely supported by Conservatives.  Asquith's followers moved into opposition, and the Liberal Party was split.


Decline

The divided party fell apart in the disastrous elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924, when it was superseded as the main party of the left by the Labour Party. Liberals, in ever-dwindling numbers, continued to be elected, though their ranks were once more split between "National Liberals" in coalition with the Conservatives, and those who stayed out of the government. Some MPs continued to be elected as National Liberals (effectively part of the Conservative Party) into the 1960s.

The Liberal Party hit a low ebb in the years after the Second World War, with only six MPs being elected in 1951, all but one of them aided by the Conservatives not putting up a candidate. Under the leadership of Jo Grimond (1956-67) the party increased its vote and managed to survive without Tory help. The upward trend continued under Jeremy Thorpe, but the party lost ground again in 1979, the first election under new leader David Steel, as Margaret Thatcher swept all before her.


Merger with the SDP

In 1981 the Liberals were challenged for their place in the centre ground of British politics by the Social Democratic Party, which had been founded by defectors from the moderate wing of the Labour Party. The two parties quickly realised that there wasn't room for both of them, and fought the next two general elections jointly as the SDP-Liberal Alliance. The Alliance won over 20% of the vote each time, but never made the hoped-for breakthrough in terms of parliamentary seats. In 1988 the two parties merged to create (after a number of name changes) the Liberal Democrats. Over two-thirds of the members, and all the serving MPs of the Liberal Party, joined this new Liberal Democrat party.

The present "Liberal Party"

A group of Liberal opponents of the merger continued under the old name of "the Liberal Party"; this was legally a new organisation (the headquarters, records, assets and debts of the old party were inherited by the Liberal Democrats), though its constitution asserts it to be the same party as that which had previously existed. It has a handful of local councillors, though its annual assembly scarcely attracts more than a hundred members. 

See also: British politics

Leaders of the Liberal Party, 1859-1988


External Links


Reference

Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party, 1900-2001 (6th edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002. ISBN 0-333-91838-X
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "The Liberal Party (UK)."
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Liberal
The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
LIEnglishLiberal InternationalPolitics & International Affaires
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Synonyms: Liberal
Synonyms: big (adj), bighearted (adj), bounteous (adj), bountiful (adj), broad (adj), free (adj), freehanded (adj), giving (adj), handsome (adj), loose (adj), openhanded (adj), tolerant (adj), progressive (n). (additional references)
Antonym: conservative (n). (additional references)
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Synonyms within Context: Liberal
ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disinterestedness
Handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous; great-hearted, large-hearted; chivalrous, heroic, sublime.
Government
Party; Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party; Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party; Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party; National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party; Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party.
Knowledge
Erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature; book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania, bibliolatry; information, general information; store of knowledge; education; (teaching); culture, menticulture, attainments; acquirements, acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical knowledge; (skill); liberal education; dilettantism; rudiments; (beginning).
Liberality
Verb: be liberal;Adjective: spend freely, bleed freely; shower down upon; open one's purse strings; (disburse); spare no expense, give carte blanche.
Adjective: liberal, free, generous; charitable; (beneficent); hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; open handed, free handed, full handed; open hearted, large hearted, free hearted; munificent, princely.
Sufficiency
Full.; (complete); ample; plenty, plentiful, plenteous; plenty as blackberries; copious, abundant; abounding; Verb: replete, enough and to spare, flush; choke-full, chock-full; well-stocked, well-provided; liberal; unstinted, unstinting; stintless; without stint; unsparing, unmeasured; lavish; wholesale.
Teaching
Elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics, moral tuition.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.
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Crosswords: Liberal
English words defined with "liberal": academic program, adamant, adamantine, agitate ♦ base, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, broad, Broad Church, Broad pennant ♦ campaign, centrist, conservative, crusade, crushing ♦ drift ♦ effectually ♦ far left, fight, Fool-large, freehanded, Free-handed, Free-hearted ♦ giving, Gladstone ♦ handsome, Holmes, humanist ♦ I. F. Stone, illiberality, inexorable, intransigent, Isidor Feinstein Stone ♦ kind ♦ Large-hearted, largess, largesse, Largifical, Liberal education, Liberalist, liberalize ♦ Magister, magnanimity, mean, meanspirited, Menshevik, middle-of-the-road, Munific, munificence ♦ neoliberal, neoliberalism, Noble metals ♦ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., openhanded, Open-handed, openhandedness, Overfree, Overliberal, Oxford movement ♦ press, profession, push ♦ quelling ♦ Reform Jew, Reform Judaism ♦ stifling, stone, suppression ♦ To enlarge the heart, tolerant, trend ♦ umbrella, unseat ♦ William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "liberal": Ahinadab ♦ business tax ♦ CADDIE, Conservative ♦ data haven ♦ Harcourt's Round Table, Heritage Foundation ♦ Liberal Unionists, Liberals ♦ occupation and business tax, occupational tax ♦ Reading Habits ♦ Topaz, trade tax. (references)
Etymologies containing "liberal": Liberty. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Liberal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.
Albanian (liberal, whig), Danish (liberal), German (liberal, liberally, liberal-minded), Norwegian (liberal), Papiamen (liberal), Portuguese (boon, bounteous, broad-minded, enlarged, generous, lavish, liberal, ungrudging, unsparing), Romanian (liberal, liberalist), Serbo-Croatian (liberal), Spanish (generous, lavish, learned, learner, liberal, unhesitant, willing), Swedish (broad, catholic, liberal, whig), Turkish (liberal, permissive).
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Modern Usage: Liberal
DomainUsage
Screenplays
Last night, the cost of those liberal programs was raised to include the blood of 22 American soldiers (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)
You're a liberal. (Kiss of Death; writing credit: Eleazar Lipsky; Ben Hecht)
Nice thing about you, Joe, is that you can sound like a liberal, but at heart you're an American (The Best Man; writing credit: Gore Vidal)
Well, I was gonna say liberal, but he's dark too. (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber)
Lyrics
Liberal, fanatical, criminal (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp)
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Commercial Usage: Liberal
DomainTitle
Books
  • America Goes to College: Political Theory for the Liberal Arts (reference)
  • Community of Learning: The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition (reference)
  • What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News (reference)
    (more book examples)
  
Periodicals
  
Music
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Image Slideshow: Liberal
Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Liberal
ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit
Liberal King Mine, Pine CreekCentral IdahoCottonwood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: David Fortier.
Grand National Liberal Republican banner for 1872. Credit: Library of Congress.
I'm convinced that Sheridan is a real Liberal in mind and heart -- F.D. Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.
Liberal shades. Credit: Library of Congress.
View to the west from the roof of the Liberal Arts Building, showing the Wooded Island, Music Hall, Ferris Wheel, the Horticultural and Woman's Buildings, and the dome of the California Building. Credit: Library of Congress.
Leveling fields to prevent wind erosion on project near Liberal, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.
Fence almost completely buried under drifts of soil. Near Liberal, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.
The real fight is for Britain : go Liberal, and they'll have to listen. Credit: Library of Congress.
Vote Liberal. Credit: Library of Congress.
Stamp out this New York comic strip written by liberal politicians : vote for Frank J. Mossa, Councilman at Large. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Liberal
AuthorQuotation
Henrik Ibsen
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority.
John Bright
I am for "Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform," the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.
Marcus T. Cicero
No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
Ovid
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.
Sir Richard Steele
To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
Willis Player
A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment.
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Historic Usage: Liberal
AuthorDateQuotation
John Locke
1690
And this is the power men generally have to bestow their estates on those who please them best; the possession of the father being the expectation and inheritance of the children, ordinarily in certain proportions, according to the law and custom of each country; yet it is commonly in the father's power to bestow it with a more sparing or liberal hand, according as the behaviour of this or that child hath comported with his will and humour. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto
1848
The fight of the German, and especially, of the Prussian bourgeoisie, against feudal aristocracy and absolute monarchy, in other words, the liberal movement, became more earnest. (reference)
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Use in Literature: Liberal
TitleAuthorQuote
Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor
He was liberal, classical, and a Bonapartist
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James
We have the liberal arts and we have the useful arts
Gulliver's Travels
Swift, Jonathan
They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth, or liberal education
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Non-Fiction Usage: Liberal
SubjectTopicQuote
Health
The acceptable target levels vary among U.S. clinics, with some considering targets < 10 mg/dL acceptable, with others considering a more liberal target < 15 mg/dL acceptable. (references)
Business
The conditions are very liberal and the procedure is simple. (references)
Foreign investment laws are generally liberal, with practically no restriction on foreign investment. (references)
Primorskiy Krai and Sakhalin are considered more liberal and welcoming in terms of investment climate. (references)
Civil Liberties
Macau
Critics charge that they do not give equal attention to liberal and prodemocracy voices. (references)
Ghana
The country has a generally liberal policy of accepting refugees from other West African nations. (references)
Morocco
In April the Government banned the founding congress of the Liberal Party of former Human Rights Minister Mohammed Ziane. (references)
Economic History
Mauritius
Mauritius has a liberal economy. (references)
Moldova
It has a liberal commercial regime. (references)
Moldova
Moldova has a liberal investment system. (references)
Human Rights
Iran
Eshkevari had called for more liberal interpretations of Islamic law in certain areas. (references)
Honduras
The police detained three suspects, all Liberal Party activists, and held them for questioning. (references)
India
Since the 1990's, the militants have made liberal use of time-delayed explosives, landmines, hand grenades, and snipers. (references)
Indigenous People
Canada
These legal challenges include one from the Liberal Party that contends that the treaty should have been submitted to a referendum and one from the Gitanyow, an indigenous group located near the Nisga'a, who contend that the treaty awarded more than 85 percent of their traditional tribal lands to the Nisga'a. (references)
Minorities
Japan
At year's end, strong opposition to the legislation within the Diet, particularly within the Liberal Democratic Party, remained. (references)
Lithuania
Many nonethnic Lithuanian public sector employees by law are required to attain a functional knowledge of the Lithuanian language within several years, although the authorities have been granting liberal extensions to this requirement. (references)
Political Economy
Sweden
Liberal Party - Supports a socially oriented market economy. (references)
Poland
UW pursues a mainly socially liberal, pro-free market course. (references)
PERU
Peru has a liberal economy largely dominated by the private sector and market forces. (references)
Political Rights
Honduras
Maduro defeated Liberal candidate Rafael Pineda Ponce, the President of Congress. (references)
Canada
In November 2000, the Liberal Party won a majority with 172 of 301 seats in the national parliamentary elections. (references)
Colombia
The FARC kidnaped Liberal Congressman Orlando Bernal Cuellar in August and Liberal Congressman Luis Eladio Perez in June. (references)
Trade
India
Export finance in India is reasonably liberal. (references)
Uae
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) maintains a free exchange and liberal trade system. (references)
Kenya
Kenyan export regulations are generally liberal and contain few export restrictions. (references)
Travel
Ghana
Travelers to Ghana should remember that the most effective way of protecting themselves and their property is the liberal use of common sense reinforced with a high state of security awareness. (references)
Women
Italy
As a result of liberal maternity leave laws introduced to benefit women, some employers have found it advantageous to hire men instead. (references)
Worker Rights
Belgium
Because of restrictive interpretation of the legislation in force, only the Christian, Socialist, and Liberal trade union confederations have access to the National Labor Council. (references)
Lexicography
Devil's Dictionary
CONSERVATIVE, n.  A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
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Spoken Usage: Liberal
SpeakerPhrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh
It's pure, unadulterated liberal drivel!
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Speeches: Liberal
SpeakerTermPhrase(s)
John Adams
1797-1801While we think on this calamity and sympathize with the immediate sufferers, we have abundant reason to present to the Supreme Being our annual oblations of gratitude for a liberal participation in the ordinary blessings of His providence.
James Madison
1809-1817How long their arbitrary edicts will be continued in spite of the demonstrations that not even a pretext for them has been given by the United States, and of the fair and liberal attempt to induce a revocation of them, can not be anticipated.
James Monroe
1817-1825When the nature of the commerce between the United States and every other country was taken into view, it was thought that this proposition would be considered fair, and even liberal, by every power.
John Quincy Adams
1825-1829Repeated, liberal, and candid discussions in the Legislature have conciliated the sentiments and approximated the opinions of enlightened minds upon the question of constitutional power.
Andrew Jackson
1829-1837Croix is placed on a more liberal footing than heretofore.
Rutherford Hayes
1877-1881To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989We never heard so much ridicule from our liberal friends.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Usage Frequency: Liberal
"Liberal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.85% of the time. "Liberal" is used about 5,218 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.85%5,1591,896 
Noun (singular)0.65%3459,261 
Noun (proper)0.5%2668,323 
                    Total100.00%5,218N/A
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Derived & Related Names: Liberal
The following table summarizes names derived from the word "liberal".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
Ammi-nadabN/ABiblical
My people is liberal
JohananN/ABiblical
Who is liberal or merciful
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Cities: Liberal

1. Liberal, KS (city, FIPS 39825) 
Location: 37.04472 N, 100.93553 W 
Population (1990): 16573 (6663 housing units) 
Area: 24.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) 
Zip Code(s): 67901
Country: USA
2. Liberal, MO (city, FIPS 41906) 
Location: 37.55878 N, 94.51598 W 
Population (1990): 684 (339 housing units) 
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) 
Zip Code(s): 64762
Country: USA
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Expressions: Liberal
Expressions using "liberal": Knee jerk liberal ♦ liberal arts ♦ liberal economy ♦ liberal education ♦ liberal gifts ♦ liberal of promises ♦ Liberal Party ♦ liberal professionales ♦ liberal supply of coal ♦ liberal translation ♦ Limousine liberal ♦ The liberal arts. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
Beginning with "liberal": liberal-bourgeois, liberal-conservative, liberal-conservative-social-democratic-rural, liberal-constitutional, liberal-constitutionalist, liberal-controlled, liberal-democracy, Liberal-democrat, liberal-democratic, Liberal-democrats, liberal-historians, liberal-historical, liberal-humanist, liberal-idealism, liberal-inspired, liberal-internationalists, liberal-irish, liberal-labour, liberal-leaning, liberal-left, liberal-middle, liberal-minded, liberal-national, liberal-nationalist, Liberal-nationals, liberal-non-liberal, liberal-parliamentary, liberal-pluralist, liberal-racist, liberal-radical, liberal-reformist, liberal-sdp, liberal-studies, liberal-table, Liberal-unionist.
Ending with "liberal": anti-liberal, bourgeois-liberal, conservative-liberal, ex-liberal, labour-liberal, left-liberal, neo-liberal.
Containing "liberal": straight-liberal-plank.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Liberal
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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day
liberal
321
liberal politics
22
liberal ks
279
liberal mexicano partido
21
liberal party of canada
118
radio liberal
20
party liberal
111
brunswick liberal new party
20
liberal kansas
91
abc america ann conservative coulter good liberal morning news politics treason
20
liberal arts
87
joke liberal
19
liberal vanguardia
73
liberal radio talk
19
liberal arts college
62
ontario liberal
19
liberal ontario party
62
colombiano liberal partido
17
what liberal media
51
liberal slant
17
are you a conservative or a liberal
42
liberal study
17
massachusetts college of liberal arts
40
definition liberal
17
casal liberal
35
liberal education
16
liberal news
33
the liberal christian
15
liberal newspaper
31
liberal magazine
15
liberal democrat
28
liberal partido
15
conservative liberal vs
28
liberal manitoba party
14
liberal arts degree
24
catholic church liberal
14
liberal arts science test
22
art degree liberal online
14
kansas liberal newspaper
22
liberal view
14
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Modern Translation: Liberal
Language Translations for "liberal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian
  
liberal (whig), i gjerë (ample, broad, broadminded, capacious, champaign, commodious, expanded, extensive, far flung, far reaching, hospitable, large, large scale, massive, mighty, rangy, roomy, spacious, splay, sweeping, vast, vasty, wide), i bollshëm (affluent, ample, exuberant, fat, flush, fulsome, generous, good, hearty, heavy, lavish, man-sized, over, plenteous, plenty, profuse, spacious), bujar (big, bounteous, bountiful, disinterested, free-handed, generous, gentle, gentlemanlike, good, good hearted, handsome, lavish, nobleman, open handed, princely, unselfish), anëtar i partisë liberale. (various references)
   
Arabic 
  
‏كريم (benign, big hearted, cream, custard, decent, generous, gentle, good, good hearted, good natured, gracious, high minded, honorable, honourable, kind, kindly, lavish, noble, noble-minded, obliging, open handed, precious, respectable, valuable, warm-hearted), ‏منان (beneficent, bountiful), ‏متحرر (broad, broad minded, freed, large minded, open minded, progressive, released, unchained), ‏متسامح (broad minded, fond, forbearing, forgiving, indulgent, large minded, lenient, merciful, mild, permissive, soft, tolerant), ‏وافر (abundant, affluency, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, flush, galore, generous, lavish, myriad, numerous, opulent, overblown, plentiful, plenty, productive, profluent, profuse, rampant, rank, redundant, rich, rife, riotous, ripe, voluminous), ‏تقدمي (advanced, introductory, progressive), ‏تحرري, ‏تصرف كالأغنياء, ‏سخي (bounteous, freehanded, generous, lavish, munificent, noble-minded, open, open handed, princely, prodigal, rich, well-paid), ‏عقلي (cerebral, mental, noetic, psychical, rational, stands to reason), ‏ضخم (astronomic, astronomical, awful, big, bulking, bulky, bull, colossal, colossus, considerable, distend, elephantine, enormous, exaggerate, extend, exuberant, fat, gargantuan, ghastly, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, great, handsome, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, hulking, husky, immense, intense, jumbo, large, leviathan, mammoth, mass, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, palatial, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, proud, round, royal, sizable, smart, strapping, strong, stupendous, sublime, swingeing, tall, tidy, titan, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏جواد (bounteous, bountiful, generous, munificent, steed), ‏المتسامح. (various references)
   
Bulgarian 
  
свободомислещ (advanced, freethinker, liberal-minded, tolerant), щедър (benevolent, bountiful, charitable, flush, free, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, lordly, munificent, openhanded, pickwickian, princely, prodigal, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted), обилен (abundant, affluent, ample, exuberant, full, generous, hearty, lusty, plentiful, rich, satisfying, ungrudging), либерален (broadminded, open minded), либерал (whig), изобилен (abounding, abundant, affluent, bountiful, copious, exuberant, fat, flush, free, good, hefty, luxuriant, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, productive, profuse, prolific, rank, redundant, rich, substantial, thick, unstinted, wealthy). (various references)
   
Chinese 
  
自"派 , 弘  (great), 宽宏. (various references)
   
Czech
  
liberální (broadminded, open minded, permissive), volný (clear, comfortable, for hire, free, lax, loose, open, slack, spare, svelte, unattached, unoccupied, unrestrained, vacant), velkorysý (benevolent, big, broad, broadminded, charitable, generous, gracious, high minded, noble-minded, ungrudging, unsparing). (various references)
   
Danish
  
liberal, LDR (Democratic and Reformist Group), Den liberale og demokratiske gruppe (Democratic and Reformist Group), Den Liberale og Demokratische Gruppe (Democratic and Reformist Group). (various references)
   
Dutch
  
liberaal (lib.). (various references)
   
Esperanto
  
liberala. (various references)
   
Farsi 
  
نظربلند, وافر (Abundant, High, Luxuriant, Opulent, Profuse, Superabundant, Umpteen, Umpteenth), سخی  (Bounteous, Charitable, Generous), زیاد (Copious, Extortionary, Far, Generous, Great, Heavy, High, Immoderate, Intense, Late, Manifold, Many, Much, Populous, Rife, Superabundant, Thick, Too, Vast, Very, Wide), جالب توجه  (Lively, Notable, Remarkable, Unco, Yummy), ازادی خواه , ازاده  (Catholic, Noble, Tolerant), روشنفکر (Highbrow, Intellectual), دارای سعه نظر (Tolerant). (various references)
   
Finnish
  
vapaamielinen. (various references)
   
French
  
libéral (liberally), LDR, tolérant, prodigue, prodigieux, indulgent, Groupe libéral,démocratique et réformateur, généreux, abondant, énorme. (various references)
   
German
  
liberale, liberal (liberally, liberal-minded), großzügig (ambitious, bounteous, bountiful, bountifully, broad, broad minded, broadminded, charitably, free, freehanded, generous, generously, handsome, handsomely, large, large scale, lavish, lavishly, liberally, lordly, noble, open handed, spacious, tolerant, ungrudging, ungrudgingly, unsparing, unsparingly, unstinting, unstintingly, warm-hearted), freiheitlich, groszügig, freisinnig. (various references)
   
Greek 
  
γεναιόδωροσ, μπόλικοσ (lots, plenty), φιλελεύθεροσ (broad minded), φιλελεύθερος (libertarian), ελευθέριοσ, ανοικτοχέρησ (open handed), ΦΙΛ (Democratic and Reformist Group, Democratic and Reformist Party, ELDR, Group of the European Liberal). (various references)
   
Hebrew 
  
מתק"ם (advanced, forward, onward, progressive, upper), ליברלי, ליברל. (various references)
   
Hungarian
  
nagyvonalú (far-flung, large), liberális (broad minded, large minded). (various references)
   
Indonesian
  
serba bebas. (various references)
   
Italian
  
liberale (freehanded, generous, lavish, liberally, lordly, open handed, openhanded). (various references)
   
Japanese Kanji 
  
一般  (average, general, ordinary, universal). (various references)
   
Japanese Katakana 
  
リベラル , かくし"けい, かくし"てき, いっぱ" (a bowl of rice, a half, a meal, a part, a spot, an edition, average, general, ordinary, universal), じゆうしゅぎしゃ. (various references)
   
Korean 
  
자 주의 (liberalism). (various references)
   
Manx
  
libraalagh, feoiltagh (benevolent, bounteous, bountiful, generous, hospitable, lavish, munificent, ungrudging, whig). (various references)
   
Norwegian
  
liberal, gavmild (freehanded), frisinnet. (various references)
   
Papiamen
  
liberal. (various references)
   
Pig Latin
  
iberallay.(various references)
   
Portuguese
  
liberal (boon, bounteous, broad-minded, enlarged, generous, lavish, ungrudging, unsparing). (various references)
   
Romanian
  
liberal (liberalist). (various references)
   
Russian 
  
либеральный (broad-gauge). (various references)
   
Scottish
  
fial (bounteous, generous), faoilidh. (various references)
   
Serbo-Croatian
  
liberalan, liberal, trpeljiv (tolerant), slobodoumnik (freethinker), slobodouman (broadminded, liberal-minded), slobodnjak, slobodar, slobodan (footloose, free, indipendent, leisure, leisured, off, open, promiscuous, sightly, spare, through, unconstrained), popustljiv (clement, complaisant, compliant, concessive, deferent, easeful, indulgent, lenient, permissive, placable, sparing, weak-kneed, yielding), darežljiv (bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, munificent, openhanded). (various references)
   
Spanish
  
liberal (generous, lavish, learned, learner, unhesitant, willing), LDR (Democratic and Reformist Group), tolerante (broadminded, indulgent, large minded, permissive, reasonable, tolerant, tolerantly), Grupo Liberal, Democrático y Reformista (Democratic and Reformist Group), generoso (big hearted, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, generosity, generous, munificent, noble-minded, open handed, rich, selfless, ungrudging, unsparing), espléndido (brave, generous, gorgeous, grand, lavish, magnificent, proud, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb), abundante (abundant, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, bumper, easy, generous, hearty, heavy, lavish, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rife). (various references)
   
Swedish
  
liberal (broad, catholic, whig), frisinnad (broad minded). (various references)
   
Thai
  
ใจกว้าง (big, broad-minded, great-hearted, large-minded), เกี่ยวกับลัทธิเสรีนิยม, เป็นอิสระ (fancy-free, liberalize), นักเสรีนิยม. (various references)
   
Turkish
  
liberal görüşlü kimse, liberal (permissive), serbest fikirli (open minded), serbest (at large, at liberty, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, loose, open, permissive, quit, unattached, unbound, unchecked, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), oldukça büyük (awful, goodish, pretty big, quite big, sizable, sizeable), hür (free, independent), genel (across the board, blanket, broad, collective, common, exoteric, general, generic, grand, overhead, plenary, prevailing, prevalent, running, sweeping, widespread), cömert (big hearted, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, flush, freehanded, freehearted, generous, handsome, large handed, munificent, open handed, openhanded, profuse, ungrudging, unsparing), bol (abounding, abundant, affluent, ample, baggy, bounteous, bountiful, broad, claret cup, copious, effusive, exuberant, fecund, flush, full, generous, handsome, hearty, hefty, lavish, loose, lots of, lush, luxuriant, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rich, riotous, unsparing, unstinted, wealthy, wide), özgürlükçü kimse, özgür düşünceli. (various references)
   
Turkmen 
  
jomart (lavish). (various references)
   
Ukrainian
  
гуманітарний (classical, humane, humanitarian), вільнодумний (catholic, freethinking, libertine), великодушний (benevolent, chivalrous, generous, large-hearted, lordly, magnanimous, noble, noble-minded, open-hearted), ліберальний (catholic, pink), ліберал. (various references)
   
Vietnamese 
  
rộng rãi (bounteous, bountiful, commodious, extensive, free-handed, handsome, large-hearted, open-handed, open-minded, roomy, spacious), rộng râi, không th nh kiến  nhiều, h o phóng  không hẹp hòi, đầy đủ  tự do  đảng Tự do. (various references)
   
Welsh
  
Rhyddfrydwr (Radical), rhyddfrydol, rhyddfrydig (generous), rhydd (free, loose), haelionus (benevolent, generous), hael (generous), digyrrith (unstinted). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.
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Ancestral Language Translations: Liberal
LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE
eleutherios. (various references)
Latin500 BCE-Modern
benefici, beneficus, benigna, benignas, benigne, benigni, benignos, benignum, benignus, liberali, liberalis, liberalissimi, probus. (various references)
Old French900-1400
liberal. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Bible Trace: Liberal
LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 11, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintYuch eulogoumenh pasa aplh anhr de qumwdhV ouk euschmwn

Latin405VulgateAnima quae benedicit inpinguabitur et qui inebriat ipse quoque inebriabitur

Middle English1395WyclifThe lif that blisseth, shal ben inwardli fattid; and he that maketh inwardli drunken, also hymself shal ben inwardli maad drunken.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Basic English1964OgdenHe who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Matched Bible Translations: Liberal
LanguageProverbs Chapter 11, Verse 25
Cebuano&para; Ang kalag nga mahinatagon mahimong matambok; Ug kadtong nagabisibis pagabisibisan usab sa iyang kaugalingon.
Chinese好 施 捨 的 、 必 得 豐 裕 ． 滋 潤 人 的 、 必 得 滋 潤 。
CroatianPodašna duša nalazi okrepu, i tko napaja druge, sam æe se napojiti.
DanishGavmild Sjæl bliver mæt; hvo andre kvæger, kvæges og selv.
DutchDe zegenende ziel zal vet gemaakt worden; en die bevochtigt, zal ook zelf een vroege regen worden.
FinnishHyväätekeväinen sielu tulee ravituksi, ja joka muita virvoittaa, se itse kostuu.
FrenchL`âme bienfaisante sera rassasiée, Et celui qui arrose sera lui-même arrosé.
GermanDie Seele, die da reichlich segnet, wird gelabt; wer reichlich tränkt, der wird auch getränkt werden.
Haitian Creole¶ Lè ou bay ak kè kontan, ou p'ap janm manke anyen. Lè ou manje ak moun, ou pa janm rete grangou.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang banyak memberi akan berkelimpahan, orang yang suka menolong akan ditolong juga.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa hati yang murah itu akan dikaruniai dengan banyak, dan barangsiapa yang mendirus, ia itu akan disirami dengan kelimpahan.
ItalianLa persona benefica avr  successo e chi disseta sar  dissetato.
Maori¶ Ko te wairua ohaoha ka momona: ko te tangata e whakamakuku ana, ka whakamakukuria ano ia.
NorwegianDen som velsigner, skal trives, og den som lesker andre, han blir selv lesket.
PortugueseA alma generosa prosperará, e o que regar também será regado.   
RumanianSufletul binefqcqtor va fi sqturat, wi cel ce udq pe alyii va fi udat wi el. -
SpanishEl alma generosa será prosperada, y el que sacia a otros también será saciado.
SwedishDen frikostige varder rikligen mättad, och den som vederkvicker andra, han bliver själv vederkvickt.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Liberal
Derivations
Words beginning with "liberal": liberalise, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalism, liberalisms, liberalist, liberalistic, liberalists, liberalities, liberality, liberalization, liberalizations, liberalize, liberalized, liberalizer, liberalizers, liberalizes, liberalizing, liberally, liberalness, liberalnesses, liberals. (additional references)
Words ending with "liberal": antiliberal, illiberal, neoliberal, ultraliberal. (additional references)
Words containing "liberal": antiliberalism, antiliberalisms, antiliberals, illiberalism, illiberalisms, illiberalities, illiberality, illiberally, illiberalness, illiberalnesses, neoliberalism, neoliberalisms, neoliberals, ultraliberalism, ultraliberalisms, ultraliberals. (additional references)

Misspellings
"Liberal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: labral, Lebeau, libea, libearl, libeary, libera, liberalle, liberaly, libere, Liberec, liberial, liberl, liberos, Liberta, libram, libreral, liburan, Lierop, likeaaa, Llobera, lobetal, Lubbenau. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Rhyming with "Liberal"
# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "liberal" (pronounced li"berul or li"brul)
6l i" b er u lneoliberal.
3-er u ladmiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, bilateral, collateral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doctoral, doggerel, electoral, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, guttural, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, structural, supernatural, temporal, intercultural, lateral, literal, littoral, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, multilateral, natural, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, pastoral, pectoral, peripheral, pickerel, postdoctoral, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, sectoral, trilateral, unilateral, unnatural, visceral.
4-b r u lcerebral, gambrel, vertebral.
3-r u lamoral, ancestral, antiviral, apparel, astral, aural, auroral, austral, Balmoral, barrel, Beryl, boral, Carle, Carol, carrel, cathedral, central, choral, coral, feral, floral, goral, immoral, imperil, Sorel, Sorrel, spiral, sterile, tetrahedral, integral, intramural, laurel, Loral, minstrel, mistral, mitral, moral, mural, neural, neutral, nostril, octahedral, oral, orchestral, peril, plural, quarrel, rural, scoundrel, several, ventral, viral, virile.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.
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Anagrams: Liberal
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
Direct Anagrams: braille.
Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l-r"
-1 letter: alible, bailer, baller, biller, labile, liable, librae, rebill.
-2 letters: abler, ariel, baler, birle, blare, blear, brail, brill, ileal, iller, label, libel, liber, libra, rille.
-3 letters: able, abri, aril, bail, bale, ball, bare, bear, bell, bier, bile, bill, birl, blae, brae, brie, earl, ilea, lair, lari, leal, lear, liar, lier, lira, lire, rail, rale.
 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l-r"
 
+1 letter: ballsier, blearily, brailled, brailles, fireball, liberals, reliable, reliably.
 
+2 letters: ballerina, bilateral, drillable, fibrillae, filtrable, fireballs, illiberal, liberally, reliables.
 
+3 letters: balladries, ballerinas, banderilla, barrelling, brilliance, cranesbill, fibrillate, filterable, fireballer, labiovelar, liberalise, liberalism, liberalist, liberality, liberalize, neoliberal, pilferable, radiolabel, realizable, refillable, relabeling, relievable, relishable, replicable, unreliable.
 
+4 letters: acerbically, adverbially, aerobically, antiliberal, articulable, bacterially, ballcarrier, banderillas, bibliolater, bilaterally, billboarded, billionaire, bimillenary, bimolecular, blacklister, blackmailer, bladderlike, boilerplate, brainlessly, brilliances, bristletail, cranesbills, deliverable, fibrillated, fibrillates, fireballers, fireballing, illiberally, inalterable, inalterably, intolerable, intolerably, labiovelars, liberalised, liberalises, liberalisms, liberalists, liberalized, liberalizer, liberalizes, liberalness, multibarrel, neoliberals, polarizable, prebiblical, radiolabels, rambouillet, reclaimable, relabelling, reliability, repleviable, subaerially, syllabaries, trailblazer, trailerable, trisyllable, umbrellaing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX
 1. Definition 
 2. Synonyms 
 3. Crosswords 
 4. Usage: Modern 		 5. Usage: Commercial 
 6. Images: Slideshow 
 7. Images: Photo Album 
 8. Quotations: Familiar 		 9. Quotations: Historic 
 10. Quotations: Fiction 
 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 
 12. Quotations: Spoken 		 13. Quotations: Speeches 
 14. Usage Frequency 
 15. Names: Derived from 
 16. Cities 		 17. Expressions 
 18. Expressions: Internet 
 19. Translations: Modern 
 20. Translations: Ancient 		 21. Bible Trace 
 22. Abbreviations 
 23. Acronyms 
 24. Derivations 		 25. Rhymes 
 26. Anagrams 
 27. Bibliography 


  
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