liberalism
/ˈlɪ.b(ə.)ɹə.lɪz.əm/ noun C1- The quality of being liberal.
- 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.
- An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).
- A school of international relations that emphasises cooperation (such as trade) between polities, as an alternative to power politics, and the geopolitically transformative role of democratisation, as opposed to inherent structural material factors.
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The despotism and hatred of Liberalism which animated the Continental Governments had had the effect of driving to our shores a number of men who might have made excellent citizens were they not soured by the recollection of all that they had undergone.
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