illiberalism
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noun \-b(ə-)rə-ˌli-zəm\Definition of ILLIBERALISM
: opposition to or lack of liberalism
Examples of ILLIBERALISM
- <a woman who fails to see that her unexamined faith in political liberalism actually makes her guilty of illiberalism>
First Known Use of ILLIBERALISM
1839
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