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illiberal
[ ih-lib-er-uhl, ih-lib-ruhl ]
adjective
- narrowminded; bigoted.
Synonyms: small-minded, hidebound, intolerant, biased
- Archaic.
- not generous in giving; miserly; stingy.
- Chiefly Literary. without culture or refinement; unscholarly; vulgar.
illiberal
/ ɪˈlɪbərəl /
adjective
- narrow-minded; prejudiced; bigoted; intolerant
- not generous; mean
- lacking in culture or refinement
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Derived Forms
- ilˌliberˈality, noun
- ilˈliberally, adverb
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Other Words From
- il·liber·ali·ty il·liber·al·ness il·liber·al·ism noun
- il·liber·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illiberal1
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Example Sentences
Which was the right thing to be, after all, because communism is as illiberal as fascism.
The refugees and civilian leaders believe the illiberal rhetoric from their armed allies reflect fundraising, not ideology.
Prohibition (aka, the “war on drugs”) is an illiberal failure.
At times it can lead people into some very illiberal little corners.
These days, instead, we witness elections followed by majoritarian mob rule—what Fareed Zakaria has called “illiberal democracy.”
A certain sum of money,—by no means illiberal as a present,—he had already extracted from the old man.
Later in life he visited Cordova, already in its decline through the illiberal government of the Almoravid dynasty.
He is cold, selfish and illiberal in his views, possessed of but little talent, and a physiognomy innocent of expression.
I said that it was highly illiberal to make personal attacks on Mr. Bentham before a friend who held him in high estimation.
Such were the positive orders of that illiberal and corrupt minister,—Mr. Henry Dundas.
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