palaeoliberalpaleoliberaln.adj.
/ˌpalɪəʊˈlɪb(ə)rəl/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈlɪb(ə)rəl/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈlɪbər(ə)l/ U.S. Politics.
A. n.
An advocate of traditional forms of liberalism, esp. those regarded as somewhat old-fashioned.
ΚΠ
1955 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. June 512 It should be noted that writers such as Hayek and Ludwig von Mises..take a more traditional view, and are therefore referred to by the neo-liberals as ‘palaeo-liberals’—old timers who do not recognise the lessons of Communism and Fascism.
1986 Time (Nexis) 20 Jan. 80 We are all..neoliberals now. There are no paleoliberals left.
2002 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 25 Nov. As a prototypical paleoliberal, he offers the traditional explanation for the umpteenth defeat of liberalism at the polls: the beguiling smile.
B. adj.
Designating or characteristic of traditional liberal views or attitudes, esp. when regarded as somewhat old-fashioned; of or relating to palaeoliberals.
ΚΠ
1968 G. Denton et al. Econ. Planning 18 All three countries have rejected..the paleo-liberal approach of complete laissez faire.
1988 Legal Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. 34 While many progressives are getting on with the hard work of shoring up the non-institutional, non-bureaucratized aspects of civil life, Bazelon's answer is predictably paleoliberal.
2000 R. M. Collins More vii. 219 All too many of the labor secretary's paleoliberal fears had been realized.
Derivatives
ˌpalaeoˈliberalism n.
ΚΠ
1970 Polit. Sci. Q. 85 427 These differences are of minor significance compared to the sharp distinction between neoliberalism and old-style laissez faire, called paleoliberalism by Alexander Rüstow.
2002 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 10 Nov. e4 That doesn't mean..turning back the clock to the paleoliberalism of the Democratic past.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1955