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classical liberalism en · NOUN

Etymology

A retronym to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from social liberalism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A political ideology and a branch of liberalism that advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.
   • It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism. 1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Coordinates

social liberalism · economic liberalism

Deriveds

classical liberal

Relateds

neoliberal · neoclassical · neoliberalism · neoclassicalism