liberal

liberal professional
liberal professional#English

(job) A job with economic autonomy and intellectual activity, as in liberal professionals

liberal, supporter of economic liberalism.

ca-adj

liberal m or f (masculine and feminine plural liberals)

Borrowed from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”). First attested in the 14th century.


liberal

He had a full education studying the liberal arts.

1983, David Leslie Wagner, The Seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages:

Americans remain enamored with Europe's ability to produce the consequential thought for America. It was the same in nearly every liberal field. Education sought its roots in such Europeans as Froebel, Frobenius, and Rousseau. Political science tried to connect to Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Nietzsche, Machiavelli, and Otto von Bismarck, for instance. Economics copied the thought of Adam Smith, […]

1997, Gordon D. Morgan, Toward an American Sociology: Questioning the European Construct, →ISBN, page 45:

2008, Donal G. Mulcahy, The Educated Person: Toward a New Paradigm for Liberal Education, →ISBN:

(now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

He was liberal with his compliments.

Indeed, the Government has been very liberal in the expenditure of public money

1899, J. M. Baltimore, “Pacific Coast Light Service”, in Overland Monthly, volume 33:

When he shows improvement she is liberal with her praise and then moves on to the next set of skills to be learnt.

2005, John Gardner, Assessment and Learning, →ISBN, page 50:

Queen Isabella was already being called Santa Isabella by many of her subjects because she was liberal with her alms.

2007, Helena Page Schrader, The English Templar, →ISBN, page 309:

Was it because the believers were so liberal with their possessions that God was so liberal with his grace?

2010, Simon Guillebaud, More Than Conquerors: A Call to Radical Discipleship, →ISBN, page 142:

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.

For this reason a liberal amount of piping should be used. If a liberal supply of piping is provided at first, the first cost will of course be greater, but the extra expenditure is called for but once.

1896, Ice and refrigeration, volume 11, page 93:

The result was usually that such helpers got a liberal sprinkling of mud over their clothing.

2009, R. Furman Kenney, Chesterville: The Village at the End of the Road, →ISBN, page 102:

Rose put a steaming cup of mint tea in front of me and spooned a liberal helping of honey into it.

2011, Marlene Perez, Dead Is Not an Option, →ISBN, page 37:

Myself, my brother, and this grieved count,
Did see her, hear her, at that hour last night,
Talk with a ruffian at her chamber-window;
Who hath indeed, most like a liberal villain,
Confess'd the vile encounters they have had
A thousand times in secret.

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.

Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of Expert-Bezançon, in his February 1903 deposition to the parliamentary committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.

2021, Judith Rainhorn, The Colour of Controversy..., p. 10

(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.

en-adj

liberal (comparative more liberal, superlative most liberal)

more liberal (comparative)
most liberal (superlative)

authoritarian

antonym(s) of “generous, permitting liberty”

conservative

antonym(s) of “widely open to new ideas”

scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist

хуманитарен

pertaining to the arts the study of which is considered worthy of a free man

щедър

generous, permitting liberty, willing to give unsparingly

свободомислещ

widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions, conventions etc.

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”); it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.


liberal

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).

And I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
As long as they don't move next door.
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.

1966, Phil Ochs (lyrics and music), “Love Me, I'm a Liberal”:

(US politics) Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology.

(politics) A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

(UK politics) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).

liberal conservative
liberal conservative

(Australian politics) A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.

лібера́л

one with liberal views, supporting individual liberty

vasemmistolainen

someone left-wing — see also progressive, left-winger

liberal

supporter of a liberal party — see also progressive

liberaali

Britain: one who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights and laissez-faire markets


liberal

Seine Eltern waren streng katholische Kirchgänger, aber liberal gegenüber ihren Kindern.

His parents were strict Catholic church-goers, but were liberal towards their children.

liberal; permissive; allowing personal freedoms

Die FDP ist die wichtigste liberale Partei in Deutschland.

The FDP is Germany’s most important libertarian party.

(politics) libertarian; liberal in the traditional sense (see usage notes below)

de-adj

liberal (strong nominative masculine singular liberaler, comparative liberaler, superlative am liberalsten)

liberaler (masculine nominative singular strong)
liberaler (comparative)
am liberalsten (superlative)
liberal (masculine predicative singular)
liberal (feminine predicative singular)
liberal (neuter predicative singular)
liberal (plural predicative)
liberaler (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
liberale (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
liberales (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
liberale (nominative plural strong without-article)
liberalen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
liberaler (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
liberalen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
liberaler (genitive plural strong without-article)
liberalem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
liberaler (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
liberalem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
liberalen (dative plural strong without-article)
liberalen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
liberale (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
liberales (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
liberale (accusative plural strong without-article)
der liberale (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die liberale (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das liberale (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die liberalen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des liberalen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der liberalen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des liberalen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der liberalen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem liberalen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der liberalen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem liberalen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den liberalen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den liberalen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die liberale (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das liberale (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die liberalen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein liberaler (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine liberale (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein liberales (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
liberalen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine liberalen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines liberalen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer liberalen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines liberalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberalen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner liberalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem liberalen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer liberalen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem liberalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberalen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen liberalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen liberalen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine liberale (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein liberales (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberalen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine liberalen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
liberaler (comparative masculine predicative singular)
liberaler (comparative feminine predicative singular)
liberaler (comparative neuter predicative singular)
liberaler (comparative plural predicative)
liberalerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
liberalere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
liberaleres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
liberalere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
liberaleren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
liberalerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
liberaleren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
liberalerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
liberalerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
liberalerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
liberalerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
liberaleren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
liberaleren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
liberalere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
liberaleres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
liberalere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der liberalere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die liberalere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das liberalere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die liberaleren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des liberaleren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der liberaleren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des liberaleren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der liberaleren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem liberaleren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der liberaleren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem liberaleren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den liberaleren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den liberaleren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die liberalere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das liberalere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die liberaleren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein liberalerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine liberalere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein liberaleres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
liberaleren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine liberaleren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines liberaleren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer liberaleren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines liberaleren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberaleren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner liberaleren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem liberaleren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer liberaleren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem liberaleren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberaleren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen liberaleren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen liberaleren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine liberalere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein liberaleres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
liberaleren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine liberaleren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am liberalsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am liberalsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am liberalsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am liberalsten (plural predicative superlative)
liberalster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
liberalsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
liberalstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
liberalsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
liberalste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der liberalste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die liberalste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das liberalste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die liberalsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des liberalsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der liberalsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des liberalsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der liberalsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem liberalsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der liberalsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem liberalsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den liberalsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den liberalsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die liberalste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das liberalste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die liberalsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein liberalster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine liberalste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein liberalstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
liberalsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine liberalsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines liberalsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer liberalsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines liberalsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
liberalsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner liberalsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem liberalsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer liberalsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem liberalsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
liberalsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen liberalsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen liberalsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine liberalste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein liberalstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
liberalsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine liberalsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


liberal

widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.

From Dutch liberaal, from Middle French [Term?] (Modern French libéral), from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


liberal

liberal (feminine masculine)
liberalt (neuter)
liberale (definite plural singular)

From French libéral, from Latin liberalis.


liberal

liberalt (neuter)
liberale (definite plural singular)

From French libéral, from Latin līberālis.


liberal

head

liberal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular liberale)

liberale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: liberal

French: libéral


liberal

Borrowed from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


liberal

pt-noun

liberal m or f by sense (plural liberais)


liberal

ro-adj

liberal m or n (feminine singular liberală, masculine plural liberali, feminine and neuter plural liberale)

liberală (feminine singular)
liberali (masculine plural)
liberale (feminine neuter plural)
liberal (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
liberală (feminine indefinite singular)
liberali (indefinite masculine singular)
liberale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
liberalul (definite masculine neuter singular)
liberala (definite feminine singular)
liberalii (definite masculine singular)
liberalele (definite feminine neuter plural)
liberale (feminine indefinite singular)
liberalului (definite masculine neuter singular)
liberalei (definite feminine singular)
liberalilor (definite masculine singular)
liberalelor (definite feminine neuter plural)
либерал (alternative)

Borrowed from French libéral, from Latin liberalis. Equivalent to liber + -al.


liberal

libèrāl (canonical masculine)
либѐра̄л (Cyrillic)
libèrāl (nominative singular)
liberali (nominative plural)
liberála (genitive singular)
liberala (genitive plural)
liberalu (dative singular)
liberalima (dative plural)
liberala (accusative singular)
liberale (accusative plural)
liberale (singular vocative)
liberali (plural vocative)
liberalu (locative singular)
liberalima (locative plural)
liberalom (instrumental singular)
liberalima (instrumental plural)


liberal

es-adj

liberal m or f (masculine and feminine plural liberales)


liberal

es-noun

liberal m or f by sense (plural liberales)


liberal

head

liberal (comparative liberalare, superlative liberalast)

liberalare (comparative)
liberalast (superlative)
liberal (indefinite positive)
liberalare (comparative indefinite)
liberalast (indefinite superlative)
liberalt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
liberalare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
liberalast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
liberala (indefinite plural positive)
liberalare (comparative indefinite plural)
liberalast (indefinite plural superlative)
liberale (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
liberalare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
liberalast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
liberale (definite masculine positive singular)
liberalare (comparative definite masculine singular)
liberalaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
liberala (definite positive)
liberalare (comparative definite)
liberalaste (definite superlative)


liberal

liberal (indefinite nominative singular)
liberals (genitive indefinite singular)
liberalen (definite nominative singular)
liberalens (definite genitive singular)
liberaler (indefinite nominative plural)
liberalers (genitive indefinite plural)
liberalerna (definite nominative plural)
liberalernas (definite genitive plural)