Definizione monolingua

liberal

liberal (plural liberals)

1. One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia on Liberalism for a description of the various and diverging trends of liberalism).
2. A supporter of any of the particular liberal parties.
3. (US) One on the left-wing of the American political spectrum. Sometimes used pejoratively in political campaigns.
4. (US, Also classical liberal, akin to libertarian) A person who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, individual gun rights, laissez-faire markets, and the gold standard.

liberal (comparative more liberal, superlative most liberal)

1. (now rare except in phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences whose study was considered ""worthy of a free man"" (as opposed to servile, mechanical); worthy, befitting a gentleman.

   He had a full education studying the liberal arts.

2. Generous, bountiful.

   He was liberal with his compliments.

3. Generous in quantity, abundant.

   Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.

4. (obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, IV.1:

     A ruffian / Who hath indeed most like a liberall villaine, / Confest the vile encounters they have had.

5. Free from prejudice or narrow-mindedness; open-minded, open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions, conventions etc.; permissive.

   Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.

6. (politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms in favour of increased freedom or democracy.

Definizione dizionario liberal

	liberale
	Favoring social freedom; permissive.

generoso

liberal

munifico

Altri significati:

Generous in quantity, abundant.

supporter of any of the particular liberal parties

(US) One on the left-wing of the American political spectrum. Sometimes used pejoratively in political campaigns.

(obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.

Generous, bountiful.

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty

Free from prejudice or narrow-mindedness; open-minded, open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions, conventions etc.; permissive.

(US, Also 'classical liberal', akin to libertarian) A person who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, individual gun rights, laissez-faire markets, and the gold standard.

political description, following liberalism, sometimes used without regard to true meaning, as a pejorative

(now rare except in phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences whose study was considered "worthy of a free man" (as opposed to servile, mechanical); worthy, befitting a gentleman.

(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms in favour of increased freedom or democracy.

A supporter of any of the particular liberal parties.

person who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, individual gun-rights, laissez-faire markets, and the gold standard

politically liberal

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia on Liberalism for a description of the various and diverging trends of liberalism).

open-minded, favoring social freedom; permissive

generous in quantity

Generous in quantity.