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liberalism|ˈlɪbərəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. liberal a. + -ism. Cf. F. libéralisme.]
The holding of liberal opinions in politics or theology; the political tenets characteristic of a Liberal.
1819Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 17 He is worthy of a conversion to liberalism. 1826E. Irving Babylon I. iii. 246 Religion is the very name of obligation, and liberalism is the very name for the want of obligation. 1837T. Hook Jack Brag xii, The liberalism of the King of the French. 1841J. H. Newman in Apol. 313 The more serious thinkers among us are used..to regard the spirit of Liberalism as the characteristic of the destined Antichrist. 1859Mill Liberty i. 11 This mode of thought..was common among the last generation of European liberalism. 1881Sat. Rev. 23 July 101/1 The ecclesiastical Liberalism which shaped the Dean's peculiar view. |