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a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom liberalism had always claimed to stand for the greatest social good

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Recent Examples of liberalism If the cultural advantages of liberalism have given it a more pointed politics in places where politics lacks worldly consequences, its real-world politics can seem curiously blunted. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Since its debut, The Morning Show has become the template for TV news liberalism, with Aniston, Witherspoon, and other female cast members acting as models for the behavior of the nation’s TV newswomen. Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024 Reagan’s anti-Berkeley campaign provided a blueprint for reactionary politics moving forward; going through a performance of disaffection from the university was a way to gesture towards (without always admitting) a broader disaffection with liberalism. Adrian Daub / Made By History, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024 And that Deneen’s contention that liberalism failed us is backward. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for liberalism 

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“Liberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalism. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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