| 单词 | liberal |
| 释义 | liberal (once / 111 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3adj A liberal is someone on the left wing of politics — the opposite of a conservative. Also, a liberal attitude toward anything means more tolerance for change. There are many meanings for liberal, but they mostly have to do with freedom and openness to change. A teacher with a liberal policy toward attendance is going to be forgiving of missed days. A bank with a liberal attitude toward your money would probably be bad: some things are awful if they're loose and free. But no one will give you a hard time if you use a liberal amount of catsup on your fries. WORD FAMILYliberal: illiberal, liberalise, liberalism, liberality, liberalize, liberally, liberalness, liberals, neoliberal+/illiberal: illiberality, illiberally/illiberality: illiberalities/liberalise: liberalisation, liberalised, liberalising/liberalism: liberalisms, liberalist, liberalistic, neoliberalism/liberalist: liberalists/liberality: liberalities/liberalization: liberalizations/liberalize: liberalization, liberalized, liberalizes, liberalizing/neoliberal: neoliberals USAGE EXAMPLESThis timely novel captures every character in the worst light, and the grudge matches among Brooklyn’s liberal parentocracy are nastier than any playground brawl. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Maybe he hopes Mr. Putin will see him as a kindred spirit: Big hombre, instinctive nationalist, zero use for liberals and their pieties. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Some rightwing outlets interpreted the row as evidence of liberal overreach. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj showing or characterized by broad-mindedness a liberal newspaper Syn broad, large-minded, tolerant broad-minded inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own 2adj having political or social views favoring reform and progress Syn left of or belonging to the political or intellectual left 3adj tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition Syn|Ant civil-libertarian having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law liberalistichaving or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority neoliberalhaving or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values progressive, reform-minded, reformistfavoring or promoting reform (often by government action) socialised, socializedunder group or government control welfare-statist, welfaristof or relating to a welfare state leftof or belonging to the political or intellectual left conservative resistant to change blimpishpompously ultraconservative and nationalistic buttoned-upconservative in professional manner fusty, nonprogressive, standpat, unprogressiveold-fashioned and out of date hidebound, traditionaliststubbornly conservative and narrow-minded ultraconservativeextremely conservative orthodoxadhering to what is commonly accepted rightof or belonging to the political or intellectual right 4n a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper liberalist, progressive conservative, conservativist a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas armchair liberal a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them latitudinariana person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) neoliberala liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism pluralistsomeone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society Whiga member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward 5n a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets 2Hyper adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward adj given or giving freely 3a liberal backer of the arts Syn big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded generous willing to give and share unstintingly adj not literal Syn free, loose inexact not exact |
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