liberalness

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Noun
  • But whereas leftist thinkers starting with Marx saw the liberal ideal as totally discredited, a mere camouflage for capitalist power, Habermas kept faith with the utopian potential of liberalism.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
  • Erdoğan first emerged during the post-Cold War decade of unipolar, American triumph, adopting the language of free markets, liberalism, and human rights, and stretched those politics of optimism into the brief euphoria of the Obama years.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a recent speech, Thomas tied the nation’s highest ideals to a conservative vision of limited government — and launched a broadside on progressivism seen by critics as unfair and inappropriate.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The Cuban model isn’t working, and its allies—China, Russia, and the pragmatic wing of Latin American progressivism—seem to have grown tired of the government’s inertia.
    Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Liberalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalness. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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