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Meaning of liberal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  liberal
      adj 1: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
             political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
             liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
             [syn: {broad}, {large-minded}, {liberal}, {tolerant}]
      2: having political or social views favoring reform and progress
      3: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy,
         or tradition [ant: {conservative}]
      4: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
         goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
         host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
         and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
         gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: {big},
         {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded},
         {handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}]
      5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
         told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {free},
         {loose}, {liberal}]
      n 1: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and
           reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn:
           {liberal}, {liberalist}, {progressive}] [ant:
           {conservative}, {conservativist}]
      2: a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and
         self-regulating markets

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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