illiberalism

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illiberal +‎ -ism

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illiberalism (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being illiberal
    • 2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”:
      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.

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