Liberalism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Liberalism \Lib"er*al*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F.
     lib['e]ralisme.]
     Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the
     liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the
     principles of the Liberal party.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  liberalism
       n 1: a political orientation that favors progress and reform
       2: an economic theory advocating free competition and a
          self-regulating market and the gold standard

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "liberalism":
     broad-mindedness, capitalism, catholicity, free competition,
     free enterprise, free thought, free trade, freethinking,
     isolationism, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism,
     latitudinarianism, left, left wing, leftism, let-alone policy,
     let-alone principle, liberality, liberalness, liberation,
     libertarianism, libertinism, noninterference, nonintervention,
     open-mindedness, progressivism, self-regulating market, tolerance,
     toleration, unbigotedness