Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Liberal to an extreme, especially in political beliefs; radical.
  • noun One who is extremely liberal.

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  • adjective Extremely liberal
  • noun A person of extremely liberal politics.

Etymologies

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ultra- +‎ liberal

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Examples

  • They blame her for ruining many small farmers and pushing some to suicide with what they call ultraliberal policies and a failed milk quota system.

    euronews 2010

  • They blame her for ruining many small farmers and pushing some to suicide with what they call ultraliberal policies and a failed milk quota system.

    euronews 2010

  • They blame her for ruining many small farmers and pushing some to suicide with what they call ultraliberal policies and a failed milk quota system.

    euronews 2010

  • They blame her for ruining many small farmers and pushing some to suicide with what they call ultraliberal policies and a failed milk quota system.

    euronews 2010

  • Obviously snob appeal, at least outside certain ultraliberal enclaves (college towns, parts of Manhattan and San Francisco) is insufficient to win elections.

    On the Offensive James Taranto 2010

  • Or the fact that even in ultraliberal California, a majority of voters opposed same sex marriage laws at the ballot box.

    Ah, gerrymandering. | RedState 2010

  • That can be an oxymoron on the French left, where some use "ultraliberal" as a slur for unbridled capitalism.

    Socialist Showdown 2008

  • Yet during the same period, the Times has used the term "ultraliberal" only one time to refer to

    TimesWatch Headlines 2009

  • Jensen states that Sotomayor is an "ultraliberal" who "will ignore the constitution if it doesn't match her life experiences" and "will try to level the playing field of whatever rights and wrongs she sees and hears."

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • "ultraliberal" [what we might call an uber-free-marketeer].

    t r u t h o u t 2008

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