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small-l liberal en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A person who holds liberal views but may or may not be a member or supporter of their country's "Liberal Party".
2. (Australian) A person who is a member of, or associated with, the Moderate (centrist) faction of the Liberal Party of Australia.
   • Was this a reflection of [then-leader of the Victorian Liberal Party Teb] Baillieu's small-l liberal values or just a product of anger over public safety and inadequate rail services? 2010 December 4, Michael Gordon, “Big challenges for Melbourne's small-l Liberal”, in The Sunday Morning Herald:
   • Harry Guinness, was a policy and political adviser to Julie Bishop when she was foreign minister and deputy Liberal leader. His responsibilities included foreign aid, climate change and environmental sustainability. Last summer’s bushfires were the catalyst for Guinness — self-described as “definitely philosophically a small ‘l’ Liberal” — and colleagues to set up Blueprint as a pro-market think tank. 2021 March 12, Mike Steketee, “The revolt of the Liberal moderates”, in Inside Story:
   • I was a factional warrior for the [New South Wales] Right of the [New South Wales] Libs. […] the main reason I allowed my membership to lapse was simple. I saw the conservative wing being overrun by a bunch of feral ex-lefties for whom being small “l” liberal was only a means to further their careers in the political sex industry. 2006 January 3, Irfan Yusuf, “What’s changed about me?”, in Webdiary:

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small-l libertarian · Liberal · small-c conservative · Liberal Party