| slovo | definícia |
liberal
(mass) | liberal
- liberálny, liberál |
liberal
(msasasci) | liberal
- liberal |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,liberál luke |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,liberální luke |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,osvícený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,rozsáhlý luke |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,svobodný luke |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,šlechetný luke |
liberal
(encz) | liberal,štědrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Liberal
(gcide) | Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L.
liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.]
1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman;
refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean;
as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or
studies. " Liberal education." --Macaulay. " A liberal
tongue." --Shak.
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2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman;
generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. "
Liberal of praise." --Bacon.
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Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite. --Milton.
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3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient;
abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a
liberal discharge of matter or of water.
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His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. --Shak.
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4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the
literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a
classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in
spirit; catholic.
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6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint;
licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." --Shak.
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7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in
political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion;
not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the
constitution or administration of government; having
tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished
from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal
thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
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I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order of
thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.
--Hazlitt.
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Note: Liberal has of, sometimes with, before the thing
bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and to
before a person or object on which anything is
bestowed; as, to be liberal of praise or censure;
liberal with money; liberal in giving; liberal to the
poor.
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The liberal arts. See under Art.
Liberal education, education that enlarges and disciplines
the mind and makes it master of its own powers,
irrespective of the particular business or profession one
may follow.
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Syn: Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample;
large; profuse; free.
Usage: Liberal, Generous. Liberal is freeborn, and
generous is highborn. The former is opposed to the
ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies
largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc.
The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is
peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a
spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment
in consulting the feelings and happiness of others.
Generosity is measured by the extent of the sacrifices
it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling which
it manifests.
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Liberal
(gcide) | Liberal \Lib"er*al\, n.
One who favors greater freedom in political or religious
matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer;
in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so
called. Cf. Whig.
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liberal
(wn) | liberal
adj 1: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
[syn: broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant]
2: having political or social views favoring reform and progress
3: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy,
or tradition [ant: conservative]
4: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big,
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]
5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
n 1: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and
reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn:
liberal, liberalist, progressive] [ant:
conservative, conservativist]
2: a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and
self-regulating markets |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
liberalize
(mass) | liberalize
- liberalizovať |
liberalizovať
(msas) | liberalizovať
- liberalize |
liberalizovat
(msasasci) | liberalizovat
- liberalize |
liberalny
(msasasci) | liberalny
- liberal |
illiberal
(encz) | illiberal,neliberální adj: Zdeněk Brožilliberal,úzkoprsý adj: Nijel |
illiberality
(encz) | illiberality,neliberálnost n: Zdeněk Brožilliberality,nesvobodomyslnost n: Zdeněk Brožilliberality,úzkoprsost n: Zdeněk Brož |
illiberally
(encz) | illiberally, |
liberal arts
(encz) | liberal arts,svobodná umění n: Zdeněk Brož |
liberal translation
(encz) | liberal translation,volný překlad web |
liberalisation
(encz) | liberalisation,liberalizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
liberalise
(encz) | liberalise,liberalizovat v: Zdeněk Brožliberalise,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
liberalised
(encz) | liberalised,uvolněný Jaroslav Šedivý |
liberalising
(encz) | liberalising, |
liberalism
(encz) | liberalism,liberalismus luke |
liberalistic
(encz) | liberalistic, adj: |
liberality
(encz) | liberality,osvícenost lukeliberality,štědrost luke |
liberalization
(encz) | liberalization,liberalizace luke |
liberalization of the capital account
(encz) | liberalization of the capital account, |
liberalize
(encz) | liberalize,liberalizovat luke |
liberalized
(encz) | liberalized,liberalizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
liberalizing
(encz) | liberalizing,uvolňující Jaroslav Šedivý |
liberally
(encz) | liberally,liberálně lukeliberally,osvíceně lukeliberally,svobodně lukeliberally,štědře luke |
liberalness
(encz) | liberalness,štědrost n: Zdeněk Brož |
liberals
(encz) | liberals,liberálové Zdeněk Brož |
neoliberal
(encz) | neoliberal, n: |
neoliberalism
(encz) | neoliberalism, n: |
orderly liberalization of capital movements
(encz) | orderly liberalization of capital movements, |
extrémní liberalista
(czen) | extrémní liberalista,hipstern: Zdeněk Brož |
liberalismus
(czen) | liberalismus,liberalism luke |
liberalizace
(czen) | liberalizace,deregulationn: Zdeněk Brožliberalizace,liberalisationn: Zdeněk Brožliberalizace,liberalization luke |
liberalizovaný
(czen) | liberalizovaný,liberalizedadj: Zdeněk Brož |
liberalizovat
(czen) | liberalizovat,liberalisev: Zdeněk Brožliberalizovat,liberalize luke |
Illiberal
(gcide) | Illiberal \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not +
liberalis liberal: cf. F. illib['e]ral.]
1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean;
sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." --Mason.
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2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like;
ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
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3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in
Latin. [R.] --Chesterfield.
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Illiberalism
(gcide) | Illiberalism \Il*lib"er*al*ism\, n.
Illiberality. [R.]
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Illiberality
(gcide) | Illiberality \Il*lib`er*al"i*ty\, n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F.
illib['e]ralit['e].]
The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;
meanness; niggardliness. --Bacon.
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Illiberalize
(gcide) | Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Illiberalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Illiberalizing.]
To make illiberal.
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Illiberalized
(gcide) | Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Illiberalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Illiberalizing.]
To make illiberal.
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Illiberalizing
(gcide) | Illiberalize \Il*lib"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Illiberalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Illiberalizing.]
To make illiberal.
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Illiberally
(gcide) | Illiberally \Il*lib"er*al*ly\, adv.
In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably;
parsimoniously.
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Illiberalness
(gcide) | Illiberalness \Il*lib"er*al*ness\, n.
The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
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Knee jerk liberal
(gcide) | Knee jerk liberal \Knee jerk liberal\
a person of strong liberal convictions who reacts predictably
and emotionally to certain events.
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Liberal
(gcide) | Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L.
liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.]
1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman;
refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean;
as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or
studies. " Liberal education." --Macaulay. " A liberal
tongue." --Shak.
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2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman;
generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. "
Liberal of praise." --Bacon.
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Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite. --Milton.
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3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient;
abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a
liberal discharge of matter or of water.
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His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. --Shak.
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4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the
literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a
classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in
spirit; catholic.
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6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint;
licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." --Shak.
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7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in
political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion;
not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the
constitution or administration of government; having
tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished
from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal
thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
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I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order of
thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.
--Hazlitt.
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Note: Liberal has of, sometimes with, before the thing
bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and to
before a person or object on which anything is
bestowed; as, to be liberal of praise or censure;
liberal with money; liberal in giving; liberal to the
poor.
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The liberal arts. See under Art.
Liberal education, education that enlarges and disciplines
the mind and makes it master of its own powers,
irrespective of the particular business or profession one
may follow.
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Syn: Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample;
large; profuse; free.
Usage: Liberal, Generous. Liberal is freeborn, and
generous is highborn. The former is opposed to the
ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies
largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc.
The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is
peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a
spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment
in consulting the feelings and happiness of others.
Generosity is measured by the extent of the sacrifices
it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling which
it manifests.
[1913 Webster]Liberal \Lib"er*al\, n.
One who favors greater freedom in political or religious
matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer;
in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so
called. Cf. Whig.
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Liberal education
(gcide) | Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L.
liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.]
1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman;
refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean;
as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or
studies. " Liberal education." --Macaulay. " A liberal
tongue." --Shak.
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2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman;
generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. "
Liberal of praise." --Bacon.
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Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient;
abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a
liberal discharge of matter or of water.
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His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. --Shak.
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4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the
literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a
classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
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5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in
spirit; catholic.
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6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint;
licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." --Shak.
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7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in
political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion;
not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the
constitution or administration of government; having
tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished
from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal
thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
[1913 Webster]
I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order of
thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.
--Hazlitt.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Liberal has of, sometimes with, before the thing
bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and to
before a person or object on which anything is
bestowed; as, to be liberal of praise or censure;
liberal with money; liberal in giving; liberal to the
poor.
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The liberal arts. See under Art.
Liberal education, education that enlarges and disciplines
the mind and makes it master of its own powers,
irrespective of the particular business or profession one
may follow.
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Syn: Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample;
large; profuse; free.
Usage: Liberal, Generous. Liberal is freeborn, and
generous is highborn. The former is opposed to the
ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies
largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc.
The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is
peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a
spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment
in consulting the feelings and happiness of others.
Generosity is measured by the extent of the sacrifices
it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling which
it manifests.
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liberalisation
(gcide) | liberalisation \liberalisation\ n.
Same as liberalization.
Syn: liberalization, relaxation.
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Liberalism
(gcide) | Liberalism \Lib"er*al*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F.
lib['e]ralisme.]
Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the
liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the
principles of the Liberal party.
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Liberalist
(gcide) | Liberalist \Lib"er*al*ist\, n.
A liberal.
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Liberalistic
(gcide) | Liberalistic \Lib`er*al*is"tic\ (-[i^]s"t[i^]k), a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as,
liberalistic opinions.
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Liberalities
(gcide) | Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Liberalities (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
lib['e]ralit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
generosity; candor; charity.
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That liberality is but cast away
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
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2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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Liberality
(gcide) | Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Liberalities (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
lib['e]ralit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
generosity; candor; charity.
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That liberality is but cast away
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
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2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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Liberalization
(gcide) | Liberalization \Lib`er*al*i*za"tion\ (-al*[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n),
n.
The act of liberalizing; the act of making less strict.
Syn: liberalization, relaxation.
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Liberalize
(gcide) | Liberalize \Lib"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Liberalized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liberalizing (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. lib['e]raliser.]
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to
make less strict.
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To open and to liberalize the mind. --Burke.
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Liberalized
(gcide) | Liberalize \Lib"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Liberalized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liberalizing (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. lib['e]raliser.]
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to
make less strict.
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To open and to liberalize the mind. --Burke.
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Liberalizer
(gcide) | Liberalizer \Lib"er*al*i`zer\ (-[imac]`z[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, liberalizes. --Emerson.
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Liberalizing
(gcide) | Liberalize \Lib"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Liberalized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liberalizing (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. lib['e]raliser.]
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to
make less strict.
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To open and to liberalize the mind. --Burke.
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Liberally
(gcide) | Liberally \Lib"er*al*ly\, adv.
In a liberal manner.
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Limousine liberal
(gcide) | Limousine liberal \Li`mou*sine" lib`er*al\, n.
a wealthy or well-to-do person of liberal political
inclination. It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for
those espousing the cause of poor people, without having to
endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on
others, such as the lower middle class.
[PJC] |
neoliberalism
(gcide) | neoliberalism \neoliberalism\ n.
A political orientation originating in the 1960s, blending
liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth.
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Overliberal
(gcide) | Overliberal \O"ver*lib"er*al\, a.
Too liberal.
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Overliberally
(gcide) | Overliberally \O"ver*lib"er*al*ly\, adv.
In an overliberal manner.
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The liberal arts
(gcide) | Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L.
liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.]
1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman;
refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean;
as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or
studies. " Liberal education." --Macaulay. " A liberal
tongue." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman;
generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver. "
Liberal of praise." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient;
abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a
liberal discharge of matter or of water.
[1913 Webster]
His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the
literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a
classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
[1913 Webster]
5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in
spirit; catholic.
[1913 Webster]
6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint;
licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in
political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion;
not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the
constitution or administration of government; having
tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished
from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal
thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
[1913 Webster]
I confess I see nothing liberal in this " order of
thoughts," as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.
--Hazlitt.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Liberal has of, sometimes with, before the thing
bestowed, in before a word signifying action, and to
before a person or object on which anything is
bestowed; as, to be liberal of praise or censure;
liberal with money; liberal in giving; liberal to the
poor.
[1913 Webster]
The liberal arts. See under Art.
Liberal education, education that enlarges and disciplines
the mind and makes it master of its own powers,
irrespective of the particular business or profession one
may follow.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample;
large; profuse; free.
Usage: Liberal, Generous. Liberal is freeborn, and
generous is highborn. The former is opposed to the
ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies
largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc.
The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is
peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a
spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment
in consulting the feelings and happiness of others.
Generosity is measured by the extent of the sacrifices
it makes; liberality, by the warmth of feeling which
it manifests.
[1913 Webster]Art \Art\ ([aum]rt), n. [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in
joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat,
article.]
1. The employment of means to accomplish some desired end;
the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses
of life; the application of knowledge or power to
practical purposes.
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Blest with each grace of nature and of art. --Pope.
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2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of
certain actions; a system of principles and rules for
attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special
work; -- often contradistinguished from science or
speculative principles; as, the art of building or
engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
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Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is
knowledge made efficient by skill. --J. F.
Genung.
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3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in
effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or
business requiring such knowledge or skill.
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The fishermen can't employ their art with so much
success in so troubled a sea. --Addison.
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4. The application of skill to the production of the
beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in
which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture;
one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
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5. pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the
academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
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In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts.
--Pope.
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Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in
colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a
foundation. --Goldsmith.
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6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
[Archaic]
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit. --Pope.
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7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain
actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation;
knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to
advantage.
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8. Skillful plan; device.
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They employed every art to soothe . . . the
discontented warriors. --Macaulay.
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9. Cunning; artifice; craft.
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Madam, I swear I use no art at all. --Shak.
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Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors
in strength. --Crabb.
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10. The black art; magic. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and
abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime,
whether by advice or by assistance in the execution;
complicity.
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Note: The arts are divided into various classes.
The useful arts,
The mechanical arts, or
The industrial arts are those in which the hands and body
are more concerned than the mind; as in making clothes and
utensils. These are called trades.
The fine arts are those which have primarily to do with
imagination and taste, and are applied to the production
of what is beautiful. They include poetry, music,
painting, engraving, sculpture, and architecture; but the
term is often confined to painting, sculpture, and
architecture.
The liberal arts (artes liberales, the higher arts, which,
among the Romans, only freemen were permitted to pursue)
were, in the Middle Ages, these seven branches of
learning, -- grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic,
geometry, music, and astronomy. In modern times the
liberal arts include the sciences, philosophy, history,
etc., which compose the course of academical or collegiate
education. Hence, degrees in the arts; master and bachelor
of arts.
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In America, literature and the elegant arts must
grow up side by side with the coarser plants of
daily necessity. --Irving.
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Syn: Science; literature; aptitude; readiness; skill;
dexterity; adroitness; contrivance; profession;
business; trade; calling; cunning; artifice; duplicity.
See Science.
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armchair liberal
(wn) | armchair liberal
n 1: a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize
them |
illiberal
(wn) | illiberal
adj 1: narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: illiberal,
intolerant] |
illiberality
(wn) | illiberality
n 1: a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money [ant:
liberality, liberalness] |
illiberally
(wn) | illiberally
adv 1: in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of
thinking" [syn: intolerantly, illiberally] |
liberal arts
(wn) | liberal arts
n 1: studies intended to provide general knowledge and
intellectual skills (rather than occupational or
professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
[syn: humanistic discipline, humanities, {liberal
arts}, arts] |
liberal democrat party
(wn) | Liberal Democrat Party
n 1: a political party in Great Britain; formerly the Liberal
Party; advocates reforms and improvement of the conditions
of working people |
liberal party
(wn) | Liberal Party
n 1: a political party in Australia, Canada, and other nations,
and formerly in Great Britain |
liberalisation
(wn) | liberalisation
n 1: the act of making less strict [syn: liberalization,
liberalisation, relaxation] |
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