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illiberalism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of illiberalism

stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices

  • a woman who fails to see that her unexamined faith in political liberalism actually makes her guilty of illiberalism
Synonyms of illiberalism

bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality, illiberalness, intolerance, intolerantness, narrow-mindedness, opinionatedness, partisanship, sectarianism, small-mindedness
Words Related to illiberalism

conservatism, reactionaryism

insularism, insularity, parochialism, provincialism
Near Antonyms of illiberalism

progressiveness, progressivism
Antonyms of illiberalism

broad-mindedness, liberalism, liberality, open-mindedness, tolerance

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