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The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.
Carl Clinton Van Doren

Meaning of "illiberal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLIBERAL

illiberal  [ɪˈlɪbərəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLIBERAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illiberal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ILLIBERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Illiberal democracy

An illiberal democracy, also called a pseudo democracy, partial democracy, low intensity democracy, empty democracy or hybrid regime, is a governing system in which, although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties. It is not an 'open society'. There are many countries "that are categorized as neither "free" nor "not free," but as "probably free," falling somewhere between democratic and nondemocratic regimes." This may be because a constitution limiting government powers exists, but its liberties are ignored, or because an adequate legal constitutional framework of liberties does not exist. In fiction, the term illiberal was first coined by the comic-book writer John Wagner; creator and writer for the comic series 2000 A.D. featuring the iconic characters Judge Dredd and the antagonist known as PJ Maybe. The term first appeared during the 1980s distribution of the comic published by IPC Media.

Definition of illiberal in the English dictionary

The first definition of illiberal in the dictionary is narrow-minded; prejudiced; bigoted; intolerant. Other definition of illiberal is not generous; mean. Illiberal is also lacking in culture or refinement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLIBERAL


agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
antiliberal
ˌæntɪˈlɪbərəl
architectural
ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
electoral
ɪˈlɛktərəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
lateral
ˈlætərəl
liberal
ˈlɪbərəl
mineral
ˈmɪnərəl
minerals
ˈmɪnərəl
neoliberal
ˌniːəʊˈlɪbərəl
prepuberal
priːˈpjuːbərəl
puberal
ˈpjuːbərəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
spiral
ˈspaɪərəl
structural
ˈstrʌktʃərəl
temporal
ˈtɛmpərəl
ultraliberal
ˌʌltrəˈlɪbərəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLIBERAL

illegitimateness
illiberalism
illiberality
illiberally
illiberalness
Illich
illicit
illicitly
illicitness
Illimani
illimitability
illimitable
illimitableness
illimitably
illinium
Illinoian
Illinois
Illinoisan
Illinoisian
illiquid

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLIBERAL

attorney general
bilateral
bleeding-heart liberal
collateral
director general
director-general
Distrito Federal
ephemeral
feral
four-star general
in general
limousine liberal
literal
multilateral
numeral
peripheral
secretary-general
several
unilateral
visceral

Synonyms and antonyms of illiberal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILLIBERAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «illiberal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of illiberal

Translation of «illiberal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLIBERAL

Find out the translation of illiberal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illiberal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illiberal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不自由
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antiliberal
570 millions of speakers

English

illiberal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانغلاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нелиберальными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

iliberal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intolérant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berilmu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

illiberal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自由を認めない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편협
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Illiberal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hẹp lượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்ந்த பண்பாடு அற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आभासी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

liberal olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illiberale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieliberalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неліберальними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neliberale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανελεύθερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleingeestig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intolerant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

illiberal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illiberal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLIBERAL»

The term «illiberal» is regularly used and occupies the 60.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLIBERAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illiberal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illiberal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illiberal

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2 QUOTES WITH «ILLIBERAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illiberal.
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Nick Clegg
We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in any other industry where things go wrong. But let's not try and think it is for politicians or governments to tell people what they stick in newspapers. That is deeply illiberal.
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Carl Clinton Van Doren
The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLIBERAL»

Discover the use of illiberal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illiberal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and ...
Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes.
Fareed Zakaria, 2007
2
Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus
As it "illuminates the crisis of liberal education and offers proposals for reform which deserve full debate" (Morton Halperin, American Civil Liberties Union), "Illiberal Education" "documents how the politics of race and gender in our ...
Dinesh D'Souza, 1991
3
Illiberal Liberal States: Immigration, Citizenship and ...
This book examines the changing relationship between immigration, citizenship and integration at the European and national arenas.
Kees Groenendijk, Dr Sergio Carrera, Professor Elspeth Guild, 2013
4
Illiberal Justice: John Rawls Vs. the American Political ...
"Schaefer challenges John Rawls's practically sacrosanct status among scholars of political theory, law, and ethics by demonstrating how Rawls's teachings deviate from the core tradition of American constitutional liberalism toward ...
David Lewis Schaefer, 2007
5
Queer Singapore: Illiberal Citizenship and Mediated Cultures
Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship.
Audrey Yue, Jun Zubillaga-Pow, 2012
6
Terror, Insecurity and Liberty: Illiberal Practices of ...
This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.
Didier Bigo, Anastassia Tsoukala, 2008
7
In The Name of Liberalism : Illiberal Social Policy in the ...
In the light of the books research, the author suggests that there is a need to know more about the internal workings of democracies to justify the claim that liberal democracy represents the most attractive set of political institutions.
Desmond King, 1999
8
Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime: The Creation of ...
An examination of property rights reforms in Russia before the revolution reveals the advantages and pitfalls of liberal democracy in action—from a government that could be described as neither liberal nor democratic.
Stephen F. Williams, 2006
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ILLIBERAL SECURITY COMMUNITIES - A revised concept and the ...
The here to be presented idea that also a regions merely consisting of illiberal states might follow the path of peace via the building of a security community is all but uncontested.
Patricia Becker, 2004
10
Democracy Denied: Identity, Civil, Society and Illiberal ...
Offering a detailed, contemporary and holistic understanding of Hong Kong's social and political development, this book will both complement existing works and provide the reader with a solid foundation for understanding future developments ...
Nicholas Thomas, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLIBERAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illiberal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Illiberal Democrat | The Times
It was appropriate that Tim Farron was announced as the Liberal Democrats' new leader on Twitter. The names of all the party's MPs can now ... «The Times, Jul 15»
2
Ten resolutions as I stare my 50th birthday in the face » The Spectator
... together with your transparently illiberal references to supposed majority opinion (we don't actually run things according to a crude tyranny of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
The Singapore exception | The Economist
... a crowd estimated at 28,000 showed its amused contempt for the illiberal social conservatism the PAP has enforced. Younger Singaporeans ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
Iran deal: J Street's latest example to undermine Israel's security and …
Willfully or otherwise, J Street is in bed with the same illiberal forces that seek to isolate and stigmatize the Jewish state. It is playing the long ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
5
HMRC debt recovery powers to raid bank accounts ride roughshod …
It is a sad irony, therefore, that in the year of that momentous anniversary the government has decided to introduce a thoroughly illiberal piece ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
6
Singapore at 50 | afr.com
... a crowd estimated at 28,000 showed its amused contempt for the illiberal social conservatism the PAP has enforced. Younger Singaporeans ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
7
"Human Rights Fanatic": A New Criminal Offense in Europe …
Within the European legal system illiberal or anti-life proposals—such as the radically pro-abortion 2013 Estrela Report—tend to originate ... «Catholic World Report, Jul 15»
8
Budapest diary: another brick in the wall | Bright Green
Even the mayor of Mórahalma (in a vivid illustration of illiberal democracy) only found out about the structure of steel and barbed wire going up ... «Bright Green, Jul 15»
9
Illiberal Liberalism: An Existential Threat to Europe - EconoMonitor
However the symptoms of the process of illiberal degeneration of neoliberalism are also be taken seriously. Precisely because they converge ... «EconoMonitor, Jul 15»
10
Thank You, Mark Oppenheimer
When I'm out speaking to churches and other organizations, I can use your article as a prime example of all that's wrong and illiberal in liberal ... «First Things, Jul 15»

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