| 释义 |
liberal /libˈ(ə-)rəl/ adjective- Generous
- Noble-minded
- Broad-minded
- Not bound by authority or traditional orthodoxy
- Looking to the general or broad sense rather than the literal
- Candid
- Free
- Free from restraint
- Ample
- (with cap) of the Liberal Party (see below)
- Of studies or education, directed towards the cultivation of the mind for its own sake, disinterested, opp to technical and professional
- Befitting a freeman or a gentleman (archaic)
- Licentious in speech or action (obsolete)
noun- A person who advocates greater freedom in political institutions
- (with cap) a member of the Liberal Party (see below)
- A person whose views are liberal
ORIGIN: L līberālis befitting a freeman, from līber free libˈeralism noun The principles of a liberal in politics or religion libˈeralist noun and adjective liberalistˈic adjective liberality /-alˈi-ti/ noun - The quality of being liberal
- Generosity
- Magnanimity, broad-mindedness or nobleness of mind
- Candour
- Freedom from prejudice
liberalīzāˈtion or liberalīsāˈtion noun libˈeralize or libˈeralise transitive verb and intransitive verb To make or become liberal or enlightened libˈerally adverb libˈeralness noun liberal arts plural noun - The studies that make up a liberal education
- In the Middle Ages, the trivium and quadrivium
liberal democracy noun (politics) A state or system which combines the right to individual freedom with the right to representative government Liberal Democrat noun A member of the Liberal Democrats (formerly called Social and Liberal Democrats), a UK political party formed in 1988 from the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party Liberal Party noun - In the UK, the political party which emerged, as successors to the Whigs, in the mid 19c, splitting into two factions in 1988, the larger and more influential group forming, together with the SDP, the Liberal Democrats
- In Australia and Canada, one of the major political parties
- Generally, a party advocating democratic reform and individual liberty
Liberal Unionists plural noun A section of the Liberal Party that opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy (1886) and joined the Conservatives |