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

The concept aligns with the anti-liberal thought of Carl Schmitt and Martin Heidegger, both of whom were devoted Jünger readers. —Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above