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Meaning of illiberalism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Illiberalismus
Español iliberalismo
Français illibéralisme
Bahasa Indonesia iliberalisme
Italiano illiberalismo
日本語 反自由主義
ქართული ანტილიბერალიზმი არალიბერალიზმი

Examples

“As the Oxford political theorist Michael Freeden observed, if just one of the necessary components — for example, the free market — dominates, then the result can be illiberalism.”
“In the Netherlands, the anti-immigrant right became the second-most-popular vote-getter — a new high-water mark for illiberalism in that once famously liberal country.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

illiberality Illiberally illiberalness illiberty Illicit illicit darkness

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