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LIBERALISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liberalistic mean? 

LIBERALISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective LIBERALISTIC has 1 sense:

1. having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authorityplay

  Familiarity information: LIBERALISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIBERALISTIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority

Similar:

liberal (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition)

Derivation:

liberalism (an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market)

liberalism (a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution)


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