/li.be.ʁal/
Translation
liberal, free-market
Word origin
From Latin liberalis ('of freedom, befitting a free person'), from liber ('free'). English liberal, liberty and liberate share the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- liber
- English cognates
- liberal, liberty, liberate
Grammar
Examples
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This party champions liberal (free-market) economic policies.
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Her parents are fairly liberal about education matters.
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Liberal governments have cut taxes on businesses.
A false-friend trap in politics: in French, most often describes free-market, small-state economics, which in Britain and America sits on the political right. It can also mean personally open-minded or permissive (a "liberal parent"), but don't assume it maps onto the left-leaning sense "liberal" usually carries in English political writing.
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