Associations to the word «Liberalism»

Wiktionary

LIBERALISM, noun. The quality of being liberal.
LIBERALISM, noun. Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
LIBERALISM, noun. An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market.

Dictionary definition

LIBERALISM, noun. A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution.
LIBERALISM, noun. An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne