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illiberalism

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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.
illiberalism
opposition to liberalism.
See also: Politics


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Throughout Central Europe, illiberalism is on the march:
Is Liberalism dead in central Europe? The disturbing return of ... by Tupy, Marian L. / Reason
One could argue that relative isolation from the cosmopolitanism and culture sharing of other regions has led to a general sort of illiberalism of attitudes, as well as to an accentuation of the "mine versus thine" mentality.
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The essays by former China-based foreign correspondents make it dear that some of their pre-1989 efforts to report on Deng Xiaoping's political illiberalism were diluted by the disinclination of Western editors and readers to perceive the Chinese negatively.
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