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[ ih-lib-er-uhl, ih-lib-ruhl ] / ɪˈlɪb ər əl, ɪˈlɪb rəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR illiberal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenarrowminded; bigoted. Archaic. - not generous in giving; miserly; stingy.
- Chiefly Literary. without culture or refinement; unscholarly; vulgar.
Origin of illiberalFirst recorded in 1525–35; from Latin illīberālis “ignoble, mean”; see il-2, liberal SYNONYMS FOR illiberal1 biased, intolerant, hidebound, small-minded. SEE SYNONYMS FOR illiberal ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM illiberalil·lib·er·al·i·ty, il·lib·er·al·ness, il·lib·er·al·ism, nounil·lib·er·al·ly, adverbWords nearby illiberalill-gotten, ill-gotten gains, ill humor, ill humour, Illía, illiberal, Illich, illicit, Illimani, illimitable, illin' Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for illiberalWhich was the right thing to be, after all, because communism is as illiberal as fascism. Lauren Bacall Was Deeply Liberal and Deeply Anti-Communist|Michael Tomasky|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The refugees and civilian leaders believe the illiberal rhetoric from their armed allies reflect fundraising, not ideology. A New Start To U.S. Policy In Syria Can Save Lives|Tom Perriello|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Prohibition (aka, the “war on drugs”) is an illiberal failure. D.C. Needs a Grassroots Fix That Will Come When Left and Right Find Common Ground|Lawrence Lessig|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST These days, instead, we witness elections followed by majoritarian mob rule—what Fareed Zakaria has called “illiberal democracy.” George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Our Era of Bipartisan Ineptitude|Lloyd Green|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And this worldview clashes not only with the secular left and illiberal right in the government. Women Of The Wall And The Culture Clash In Israel|Elisheva Goldberg|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST To what can this unjust, this illiberal feeling be attributed? Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen It is also very proper to banish, both from their hearing and sight, everything which is illiberal and the like. The surprising thing is that in this illiberal world they travel so freely. The Crow's Nest|Clarence Day, Jr. The motive was illiberal and dishonest, and showed that more than sixty years had not been able to teach him morality. Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley|Samuel Johnson The viceroy does not send the orders which are given him from there; they can not be so illiberal. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34|Various
British Dictionary definitions for illiberal
adjectivenarrow-minded; prejudiced; bigoted; intolerant not generous; mean lacking in culture or refinement Derived forms of illiberalilliberality, illiberalness or illiberalism, nounilliberally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to illiberalbiased, bigoted, greedy, mean, myopic, parsimonious, partial, prejudiced, stingy, ungenerous, vulgar, hidebound |