as in sectarianism
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
They each accused the other of a form of illiberalism.
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Recent Examples of illiberalism
India’s growing power also brings into sharper relief a fundamental conundrum for the West: How to square the strategic imperatives of partnership with an accelerating Indian illiberalism that fuels transnational repression—including some allegedly carried out on Western soil.
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Michael Kugelman, TIME, 5 June 2024
Other is the kindling that fuels extremism and illiberalism.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The realistic alternative to engaging Modi’s India may be seeing South Asia fall further under the shadow of a China that assiduously exports illiberalism.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Supporters of Trump and Sanders have already been mentioned, but this rising illiberalism expands well beyond them.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Michael Kugelman, TIME, 5 June 2024
Other is the kindling that fuels extremism and illiberalism.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The realistic alternative to engaging Modi’s India may be seeing South Asia fall further under the shadow of a China that assiduously exports illiberalism.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Supporters of Trump and Sanders have already been mentioned, but this rising illiberalism expands well beyond them.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for illiberalism
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“Illiberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illiberalism. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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