Assorted definitions:

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
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having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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Illiberal thought is characterized by the adherence to an authoritary, tradition, continuity of present practices, and a tendedency to subordinate individual rights to the needs of the "Sovereign" or the state.

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