liberalness

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  1. liberalism
  2. progressivism
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  • Geismer suggests that the market-forward liberalism that took hold during Bill Clinton’s Presidency can be traced to the suburbanization of the Democratic Party.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This switching of places is especially true of Islam seen as an alien but also more virile force than Western liberalism, one whose power thus needs to be countered by its own weapons of solidarity and domination.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Back in Leavenworth, Don Coover sought to capitalize on the newfound distrust of Republicans not by hewing to the center but by embracing a vision of rural progressivism.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The faces of modern progressivism If the leaders of 20th-century progressivism read like a who’s who of the day, the same can be said of their 21st-century counterparts.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
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“Liberalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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