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单词 illiberal
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illiberaladj.n.

/ɪˈlɪb(ə)rəl/
Etymology: < French illibéral (14th cent.), < Latin illiberālis mean, sordid, < il- (il- prefix2) + liberālis liberal adj. and n.
A. adj.
1. Not befitting or of the nature of a free man; not pertaining to or acquainted with the liberal arts (see liberal adj. and n.), without liberal culture, unscholarly; ill-bred, ungentlemanly, unrefined; base, mean, vulgar, rude, sordid.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective]
rudea1382
roida1400
borel1513
rustical?1532
illiberal1535
waste?1541
rusticc1550
illiterate1556
ruggedc1565
profane1568
unskilful1572
raw?1573
clownish1581
home-born1589
rough-hewn1593
unpolished1594
artless1598
home-bred1602
unbevelled1602
incult1628
museless1644
uncultivated1646
incultivateda1657
uncultivate1659
incultivate1661
unpolite1674
uncult1675
repent1684
uncultivated1725
uncultured1777
unenlightened1792
cultureless1824
sloven1856
philistinic1869
undoctrined1869
Philistine1871
Philistinish1871
roughneck1906
lowbrow1907
low-level1916
no-brow1922
bohunk1957
bakya1960
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 42 Ane Planctius, quhilk wes ane rycht soft man, Without ingyne or jeopardie in weir..Illiberall, and richt seindell wes trew.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A3 His study fittes a mercenary drudge,..The deuill and illiberal for me.
1599 R. Hakluyt tr. E. de Sande in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 92 Mechanicall & illiberall crafts.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §1. 172 No Art, neither liberall, nor illiberall.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxviii. 120 To celebrate their Festivals with such illiberall plays and sports.
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ii. 8 In propriety of speech those employments alone may be styled lliberal, which require only some bodily exercise, as manufactures, trades, &c.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1680 (1955) IV. 199 A painting..of Signor Virrios, Apollo & the Illiberal Arts.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1230 Every word or phrase you..cannot find in Cæsar, Cicero, Livy, Horace, Virgil, and Ovid, is bad, illiberal Latin.
1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 18 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1701 Your handwriting is one, which is indeed shamefully bad, and illiberal.
1837 Dr. Warton in H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. v. 479 Most of the youth..betook themselves to mechanical or other illiberal employments.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 169 There should not..be a trenchant distinction of employment, as between..men of liberal and illiberal professions.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 79 No man will be allowed to exercise any illiberal occupation.
in extended use.1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 18 Serpents haue many Epithets giuen vnto them, as illiberall, perfidious, trecherous..and such like.
2. Not generous in respect to the opinions, rights, or liberty of others; narrow-minded, bigoted; opposed to liberal principles in ecclesiastical, political, or commercial relations.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective]
narrowed1599
narrow-minded1611
narrow1612
small1619
narrow1622
tub-brained1634
narrow-souled1641
narrow-spirited1645
narrow-compassed1647
illiberal1649
cat-witted1672
stingy1694
little-minded1707
straitened1712
unenlarged1741
contracted1765
one-eyed1779
unliberalized1793
nippit1808
small-minded1811
narrow-brained1835
narrow visioned1853
thin-minded1862
narrow-gauge1872
one-track1900
narrow-gutted1903
tunnel-visioned1968
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > right
illiberal1649
white?1740
right1794
conservative1802
centre-right1822
agricolous1825
hunkerish1857
right wing1857
rightward1887
rightist1894
rightwards1931
right-of-centre1937
establishmentarian1962
righty1970
neo-con1979
New Rightist1981
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xiv. 121 The Charity of most men is growne so cold, and their Religion so illiberall.
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Mar. 2/1 The Affinity between all Works which are beneficial to Mankind is much nearer, than the illiberal Arrogance of Scholars will..allow.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. ii. I. 120 Popery..of the most bigotted and illiberal kind.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 459 The unwise and illiberal policy of the great powers [towards Greece].
1885 Law Times 10 Jan. 181/2 We cannot..think that any court would put so illiberal a construction upon sect. 7.
3. Not free or generous in giving; stingy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Illiberall, couetous, base.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 258 Earth did not deal out their Nourishment with an over-sparing or illiberal Hand.
1752 W. Mason Elfrida 8 More apt..to err, In giving mercy's tide too free a course, Than with a thrifty and illiberal hand To circumscribe its channel.
B. n. (nonce-use from 2.)
One who is not liberal in opinions, etc.; one who is opposed to Liberalism in politics.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] > person
square-toes1771
illiberal1818
parvanimity1873
faddist1883
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > adherent of
praetorian1647
illiberal1818
rightist1894
right-winger1920
fascist1921
righty1961
establishmentarian1962
New Rightist1977
neo-con1979
1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 1 They all turn moi, pauvre chétive, into political capital in the fund of Illiberals.
1827 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 112/1 I may be a Tory, and an illiberal.
1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. i. 6 I am a violent Illiberal; but it does not follow that I must be a Conservative.

Compounds

illiberal-minded adj.
ΚΠ
1805 Simple Narrative I. 21 His imperious illiberal-minded wife.

Derivatives

iˈlliberalism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun]
narrow-mindedness1646
parvanimitya1691
narrowness1697
narrow-spiritedness1709
little-mindedness1767
narrow-mindeda1774
contraction1775
illiberality1775
smallness1813
illiberalism1839
narrow-heartedness1850
single-track mind1919
tunnel vision1949
1839 in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) II. 370 No real corruption, no real illiberalism, will be tolerated in any administration whatever.
1851 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 197 The now fulfilled prophesies of Illiberalism.
1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Mar. 276/1 This slough of intolerance, and illiberalism, and servility.
iˈlliberalness n. illiberality, illiberal principles.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]
fastship?c1225
scarcenessa1300
scarcity1340
niggardyc1390
nithingheada1400
scarcehead1420
nigonryc1430
niggardship?a1439
pinching1440
straitheadc1450
straitnessc1460
niggard cheap1463
niggardnessc1487
nigonshipa1500
niggardise1502
niggishness1519
niggardliness1556
parsimony1561
illiberality1581
nearness1584
tenacity1586
Euclionism1599
paring1607
servilitya1610
niggeralitya1612
scanting1625
scant-handednessa1627
closefistedness1631
niggardess1632
close-handedness1646
strait-handedness1649
penury1651
unbountifulness1660
parsimoniousness1671
penuriousness1672
stinginess1682
closeness1712
illiberalness1727
meanness1755
cheeseparing1834
scrimping1835
churlishness1846
screwing1848
skinflintism1853
screwiness1856
flint-paring1860
skinflintiness1861
scrimp1864
flint-skinning1873
penny-pinching1895
skimping1898
tight-fistedness1975
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Illiberalness, Niggardliness, Unbountifulness, Meanness of Spirit.
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