illiberalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English illiberal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English illiberalism From illiberal + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.
As the Oxford political theorist Michael Freeden observed, if just one of the necessary components — for example, the free market — dominates, then the result can be illiberalism.
2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”, in New York Times:In the Netherlands, the anti-immigrant right became the second-most-popular vote-getter — a new high-water mark for illiberalism in that once famously liberal country.
2017 April, Andrew Sullivan, “The Reactionary Temptation”, in New York Magazine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| illiberalisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
ka არალიბერალიზმი (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · it illiberalismo (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · cmn 反自由主義 /反自由主义 (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · id iliberalisme (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · es iliberalismo (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · fr illibéralisme (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · ja 反自由主義 (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · ka ანტილიბერალიზმი (principle, state or quality of being illiberal) · de Illiberalismus (principle, state or quality of being illiberal)