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- adjective Opposing
liberalism . - noun One who opposes liberalism.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He notes that even ostensibly revered ‘idealistic’ socialist like Beatrice and Sidney Webb were profoundly antiliberal.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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The government of Venezuela since 1998 (and of Cuba since the Revolution) are expressly and explicitly _antiliberal_, and they base their claim to legitimacy on the claim that liberalism has failed in Latin America - both economic and political liberalism - and that therefore some kind of semiauthoritarian revolutionary Socialism is needed.
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They oppose the very idea that any nation, anywhere in the world, should be based on illiberal and antiliberal premises.
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They oppose the very idea that any nation, anywhere in the world, should be based on illiberal and antiliberal premises.
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In truth, though, "Night and Day" isn't so much antiliberal as antitotalitarian (though Mr. Stoppard does see the closed shop as a form of totalitarianism, a point of view that will make him few friends on the left).
This Stoppard Is a Second 'Scoop' Terry Teachout 2010
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Either that or they oppose the idea that any nation, anywhere in the world should “uphold and protect” illiberal and antiliberal premises while necessarily using a huge amount of support from the United States.
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He notes that even ostensibly revered ‘idealistic’ socialist like Beatrice and Sidney Webb were profoundly antiliberal.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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In a volatile, antiliberal incumbent year, anything can happen.
Notable 2010
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Just as notably, he is credited with having beaten back many antiliberal measures, especially during the Reagan era.
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Thirty years ago, Brazil, like most of Latin America, was polarized between a radical, antiliberal left and a radical, antiliberal right.
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