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How do you use Liberalism in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ideology, plus the exact meaning.

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Liberalism in a sentence

Liberalism meaning

  1. The quality of being liberal.
  2. Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
  3. An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).

Synonyms of Liberalism

political orientation ideology political theory economic theory

Related words

Other words often associated with Liberalism or its synonyms:

orientation theory

Using Liberalism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being liberal. | Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. | An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).
  • Useful related words include: political orientation, ideology, political theory, economic theory.
  • In the example corpus, liberalism often appears in combinations such as: liberalism and, of liberalism, classical liberalism.

Context around Liberalism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

classical 7× economic 2× social 1× required 1× defend 1× american 1× modern 1× debating 1× favors 1×

Often after:

sometimes 1× failed 1× somehow 1× classical 1× main 1× sabotaged 1× seems 1× itself 1×

Sentence patterns with Liberalism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

american modern liberalism 1× because their liberalism is just 1× book why liberalism failed a 1× capitalism and liberalism somehow force 1× classical liberalism classical liberalism 1× debates within liberalism and different 1× failure of liberalism fr legge 1× greater economic liberalism and a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a common myth 1× classical liberalism classical 1× events after world 1× hint it isn 1× how liberalism sabotaged 1× liberalism can mean 1×

Common sentence endings:

48 33 margin 1× american modern liberalism 1× an equitable society 1× anarcho capitalist theory 1× and free enterprise 1× debating liberalism itself 1×

Words around Liberalism

Just before it in the word index:

liberalising 12 liberalised 27 liberalise 15 liberalisation 59 liberalis 2 liberalia 2

Just after it in the word index:

liberality 15 liberalization 118 liberalize 24 liberalized 35 liberalizes 3 liberalizing 23

Similar in corpus frequency:

adani 252 ardern 252 birthplace 252 bloomington 252 bose 252 broth 252

Corpus analysis for Liberalism

  • In this selection, "liberalism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, classical, economic, social, sometimes, failed and somehow stand out and add context to how "liberalism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include american modern liberalism, because their liberalism is just and classical liberalism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "liberalism" sits close to words such as adani, ardern and birthplace, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with liberalism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Liberalism seems to have died. (5 words)

Hint: it isn’t American conservatism or American modern liberalism! (10 words)

How liberalism sabotaged itself: Are Cold War intellectuals to blame? (10 words)

Longer example sentences

The northern Yiron kibbutz highlights how the country has evolved since its creation on May 14, 1948, as the socialist ideals of some of the founding fathers have given way to greater economic liberalism, and a more multicultural society. (39 words)

Regarding the seeming failure of liberalism, Fr. Legge begins with a reference to Patrick Deneen’s book, Why Liberalism Failed: a major cause is the Enlightenment’s focus on autonomy and the rights of the individual. (36 words)

Classical liberalism Classical liberalism is a set of ideas that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries, out of conflicts between a growing, wealthy, propertied class and the established aristocratic and religious orders that dominated Europe. (36 words)

Question examples

How liberalism sabotaged itself: Are Cold War intellectuals to blame? (10 words)

Might liberalism and democracy be, at bottom, matters of choice within an equitable society? (14 words)

Exclamation examples

Hint: it isn’t American conservatism or American modern liberalism! (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

Liberalism can mean different things in different contexts, sometimes on the left ( social liberalism ), sometimes on the right ( economic liberalism ).

Liberalism's goal is to maintain the capitalist and imperialist power structure, which in recent years has required liberalism to morph ever more into something openly tyrannical and repressive.

Of course, there are debates within liberalism and different schools of liberalism, and there have been liberals who have opposed racism.

Regarding the seeming failure of liberalism, Fr. Legge begins with a reference to Patrick Deneen’s book, Why Liberalism Failed: a major cause is the Enlightenment’s focus on autonomy and the rights of the individual.

A common myth about capitalism — and its associated ideology, (classical) liberalism — is that capitalism and liberalism somehow “force” people to prefer consumption and profit maximization above all other value systems.

Szalai seems so panicked to defend liberalism — which Deneen, in her telling, not so much critiques as — that she doesn’t give any indication that she sees any problem with what liberalism has become.

Classical liberalism Classical liberalism is a set of ideas that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries, out of conflicts between a growing, wealthy, propertied class and the established aristocratic and religious orders that dominated Europe.

Events after World War I brought the more radical version of classical liberalism to a more conservative (i.e. more moderate) type of liberalism.

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Perhaps, then, we could call ourselves by a new name: nonarchist." citation History Classical liberalism main Classical liberalism is the primary influence with the longest history on anarcho-capitalist theory.

Schlesinger noted that American liberalism does not support classical liberalism 's commitment to limited government and laissez-faire economics.

Hint: it isn’t American conservatism or American modern liberalism!

How liberalism sabotaged itself: Are Cold War intellectuals to blame?

Liberalism is headed for “catastrophe” following decades of global ideological hegemony, political philosopher Alexander Dugin told Sputnik’s New Rules podcast.

Liberalism seems to have died.

Liberals of the older variety were, and are, even open to debating liberalism itself.

Might liberalism and democracy be, at bottom, matters of choice within an equitable society?

Most of these local leaders are proud Democrats who view cities as laboratories for liberalism rather than as havens for opportunity and free enterprise.

Perhaps because their liberalism is just its own form of veiled classism.

The northern Yiron kibbutz highlights how the country has evolved since its creation on May 14, 1948, as the socialist ideals of some of the founding fathers have given way to greater economic liberalism, and a more multicultural society.

The report cites NBC News polling from 2022, which found that Generation Z favors liberalism over conservatism by a 48-33 margin.

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Common combinations with liberalism

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "liberalism" in a sentence?
An example: "Liberalism can mean different things in different contexts, sometimes on the left ( social liberalism ), sometimes on the right ( economic liberalism )." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "liberalism" from authentic English texts.
What does "liberalism" mean?
Liberalism means: The quality of being liberal.
What are synonyms of "liberalism"?
Common synonyms of "liberalism" include: political orientation, ideology, political theory, economic theory.
How many example sentences with "liberalism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "liberalism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.