LIBERAL

liberal

Noun

  1. One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see ).
  2. Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology.
  3. A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
  4. One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, individual gun rights and laissez-faire markets .

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which was considered "worthy of a free man" (as opposed to , , ); worthy, befitting a gentleman.
  2. Generous, willing to give unsparingly;.
  3. Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
  4. Unrestrained, licentious.
  5. Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
  6. Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
    Younger people tend to be more liberal than older people.


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