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liberalism
has definitions from the fields of economics,politics
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[ noun ] (politics) a political orientation that favors progress and reform
Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)However much we may have to criticize liberal theology 's constructive formulations , the theology we ourselves must strive to formulate can only go beyond liberalism , not behind it . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A century ago , Newman saw that liberalism ( what we now might call secularism ) would gradually but definitely make its mark on English_Protestantism , and that even high_Anglicanism would someday no_longer be a `` serviceable breakwater against doctrinal errors more fundamental than its own '' . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The strong feeling is certainly there ; but there is a leavening of liberalism among college graduates throughout the South , especially among those who studied in the North . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (economics) an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism , because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson , who held that the best government was the least government . Related terms |
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