liberalism

English

Etymology

Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818

Noun

liberalism (countable and uncountable; plural liberalisms)

1. The quality of being liberal.
2. Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
   • 2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”, New York Times:

     Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute.

3. An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market.

Translations

the quality of being liberal

Arabic: ليبرالية (ar) (libiraalíyya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 自由主義 (zh), 自由主义 (zh) (zìyóuzhǔyì) Finnish: vapaamielisyys (fi) French: libéralisme (fr) m. German: Liberalismus (de) m. Italian: liberalismo (it)

Japanese: 自由主義 (ja) (じゆうしゅぎ, jiyūshugi) Korean: 자유주의 (ko) (jayujuui) (自由主義 (ko)) Russian: либерализм (ru) (liberalízm) m. Spanish: liberalismo (es) m. Swedish: liberalism (sv) c. Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tự do (vi) (主義自由 (vi))

a political movement

Arabic: ليبرالية (ar) (libiraalíyya) f. Armenian: լիբերալիզմ (hy) (liberalizm), ազատականություն (hy) (azatakanut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 自由主義 (zh), 自由主义 (zh) (zìyóuzhǔyì) Croatian: liberalizam (hr) m. Czech: liberalizmus (cs) m. Danish: liberalisme (da) Finnish: liberalismi (fi) French: libéralisme (fr) m.

German: Liberalismus (de) m. Hungarian: liberalizmus (hu) Japanese: 自由主義 (ja) (じゆうしゅぎ, jiyūshugi) Korean: 자유주의 (ko) (jayujuui) (自由主義 (ko)) Russian: либерализм (ru) (liberalízm) m. Spanish: liberalismo (es) m. Swedish: liberalism (sv) c. Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tự do (vi) (主義自由 (vi)) Yiddish: ליבעראליזם (yi)

an economic theory

Armenian: լիբերալիզմ (hy) (liberalizm) Croatian: liberalizam (hr) m. Czech: liberalizmus (cs) m.

Finnish: liberalismi (fi) Swedish: nyliberalism (sv) c., marknadsliberalism (sv) c.

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Swedish

Noun

liberalism c.

1. liberalism; quality of being liberal; political movement based on personal freedom

Declension

Declension of liberalism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	liberalism	liberalismen
genitive	liberalisms	liberalismens

Related terms

• nyliberalism
• marknadsliberalism
• liberal