liberal
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liberal Definition
(a)
tolerant
of
change
;
not
bound
by
authoritarianism
,
orthodoxy
,
or
tradition
(n)
a
person
who
favors
a
political
philosophy
of
progress
and
reform
and
the
protection
of
civil
liberties
(n)
a
person
who
favors
an
economic
theory
of
laissez
-
faire
and
self
-
regulating
markets
(s)
showing
or
characterized
by
broad
-
mindedness
; "
a
broad
political
stance
"; "
generous
and
broad
sympathies
"; "
a
liberal
newspaper
"; "
tolerant
of
his
opponent
''
s
opinions
"
(s)
having
political
or
social
views
favoring
reform
and
progress
(s)
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
(s)
not
literal
; "
a
loose
interpretation
of
what
she
had
been
told
"; "
a
free
translation
of
the
poem
"
liberal Synonyms
big
bighearted
bounteous
bountiful
broad
free
freehanded
giving
handsome
large-minded
liberal
loose
openhanded
progressive
tolerant
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