anti-liberal

adjective

an·​ti-lib·​er·​al ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rəl  ˌan-tī- 

: opposed to or hostile toward political liberalism

Not all the comment on him was favourable, since he was seen as anti-Western, anti-liberal and a Russian nationalist.

—Geoffrey A. Hosking

anti-liberalism

ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rə-ˌli-zəm 

ˌan-tī-

noun

These romantic medievalists may moreover have strengthened Tolstoy's natural anti-intellectualism and anti-liberalism …

—Isaiah Berlin

Examples of anti-liberal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In February, Musk folded his AI company, xAI, which makes the anti-liberal Grok and his satellite-internet service, Starlink, into SpaceX, inflating its value. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2026

With modern terminology, the anti-liberal playbook of the 1950s has returned, once more, by conflating progressive politics with communism. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Beginning with his election in 2016, anti-liberal intellectuals made a Faustian bet that this coarse real-estate developer and reality-TV star would be the vehicle for realizing the Good, the Beautiful, and the True. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025

Pushback by viewers in Sinclair and Nexstar’s ABC markets, and the perception that the companies are kowtowing to the FCC chairman’s anti-liberal ideology, could be a factor to lead the companies to relent. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-liberal

• neoliberal
• illiberal
• liberal