liberalism

liberalism
liberal lib‧e‧ral [ˈlɪbrəl] adjective
1. believing that people should be free to behave as they like, and supporting gradual political and social change:

• She has liberal views on such issues as equal education and job opportunities for black and white.

• the battle between conservative and liberal opinion

— liberal noun [countable] :

• He remains a social liberal on gay rights.

— liberalism noun [uncountable] :

• He combined social liberalism with a determination to keep firm control of government spending.

2. ECONOMICS supporting the idea that most economic activity should be run by private business rather than by the government:

• Because of the spread of liberal economic ideas, about three to four billion people will be returning to the market economy.

— liberal noun [countable] :

• Economic liberals believe that low taxation encourages wealth creation.

— liberalism noun [uncountable] :

• The goal of nineteenth-century economic liberalism was based on the individual pursuit of self-interest.

3. liberal rules, systems etc are generous to the people they affect:

• the state's new family-leave law, one of the most liberal in the nation

4. given in large amounts:

• a liberal supply of taxpayers' money


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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