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illiberalism

noun

Etymology

From illiberal + -ism.

  1. derived from illiberalis
  2. derived from illibéral
  3. suffixed as illiberalism — “illiberal + ism”

Definitions

  1. The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.

    • As the Oxford political theorist Michael Freeden observed, if just one of the necessary components — for example, the free market — dominates, then the result can be illiberalism.
    • In the Netherlands, the anti-immigrant right became the second-most-popular vote-getter — a new high-water mark for illiberalism in that once famously liberal country.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA