liberalism

Liberalism — • A free way of thinking and acting in private and public life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Liberalism     Liberalism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

liberalism — noun либерализм …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

liberalism — index latitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

Liberalism — This article discusses the ideology of liberalism. Local differences in its meaning are listed in Liberalism worldwide. For other uses, see Liberal (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

liberalism — liberalist, n., adj. liberalistic, adj. /lib euhr euh liz euhm, lib reuh /, n. 1. the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude. 2. a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary… …   Universalium

liberalism — The liberalism currently active in the Chinese intellectual arena was embryonic in the late 1970s, intertwined with democratic and populist appeals. As it rapidly developed in the early 1990s in parallel with the country’s accelerating… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

liberalism — ˈlɪbərəlɪzm сущ. либерализм либерализм liberalism либерализм …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

liberalism — A political ideology centred upon the individual (see individualism ), thought of as possessing rights against the government, including rights of equality of respect, freedom of expression and action, and freedom from religious and ideological… …   Philosophy dictionary

Liberalism —    A political philosophy that developed gradually dur ing the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In the 1780s, some of the Patriots advocated a new constitution through which the aristo cratic and oligarchic system, headed by the Stadtholder… …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands