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LIBERALISTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority
Classified under:
Similar:
liberal (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition)
Derivation:
liberalism (an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market)
liberalism (a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution)
