Liberalism Definition

lĭbər-ə-lĭzəm, lĭbrə-
noun
The quality or state of being liberal.
Webster's New World
A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.
American Heritage
The tenets or policies of a Liberal party.
American Heritage
An economic theory in favor of laissez-faire, the free market, and the gold standard.
American Heritage
A 19th-century Protestant movement that favored free intellectual inquiry, stressed the ethical and humanitarian content of Christianity, and de-emphasized dogmatic theology.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
liberalism
Plural:
liberalisms

Origin of Liberalism

  • Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818

    From Wiktionary

Liberalism Sentence Examples

  • In Spain and Portugal, and also in Belgium, a Liberalism inimical to the Church was in power.

  • The quarrel between Liberalism and Clericalism was, however, not ended.

  • The consistent firmness with which he adhered to the cause of constitutional liberalism during the many changes of his times gained him the highest respect of his countrymen, by whom he was styled the Aristides of the French tribune.

  • His extreme liberalism prevented his opposing the spread of Socialist doctrines preached far and wide by Benjamin Constant.

  • For years he and his friends educated public opinion by issuing innumerable pamphlets in which the new Liberalism was eloquently expounded.

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