neoliberalism

noun

neo·​liberalism "+ 

1

: a movement or doctrine that attempts to modify the principles of classical liberalism in order to pursue progress by more pragmatic methods

2

: a modern movement in Protestant Christian theology that is critical of earlier 20th century liberalism while affirming many of its fundamental assumptions and that is held to have arisen as a reaction against the new supernaturalism and the conservative doctrines of neoorthodoxy

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary ne- + liberalism

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Rhymes for neoliberalism

• absolutism
• adventurism
• aestheticism
• africanism
• agnosticism
• alcoholism
• anabolism
• anachronism
• anglicanism
• antagonism
• arianism
• asceticism