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Illiberality

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il·lib·er·al  (-lbr-l)
adj.
1. Narrow-minded; bigoted.
2. Archaic Ungenerous, mean, or stingy.
3. Archaic
a. Lacking liberal culture.
b. Ill-bred; vulgar.
[Latin illberlis : in-, not; see in-1 + lberlis, liberal; see liberal.]
il·liber·al·ism n.
il·liber·ali·ty (--rl-t), il·liber·al·ness n.
il·liber·al·ly adv.
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Noun1.illiberality - a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money
stinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
liberality, liberalness - the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
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The illiberality of parents, in allowance towards their children, is an harmful error; makes them base; acquaints them with shifts; makes them sort with mean company; and makes them surfeit more when they come to plenty.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Let the calum- niators of the colored race despise themselves for their baseness and illiberality of spirit, and hence- forth cease to talk of the natural inferiority of those who require nothing but time and opportunity to attain to the highest point of human excellence.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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