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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 authority
Familiarity information: LIBERALISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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