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n. - An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard; A political orientation that favors progress and reform.

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  • He also firmly rejected liberalism, including liberty of cult and expression, and rejected any unqualified belief in progress.
  • In general the term liberalism has been debated and critiqued hundreds of times, but generally from the left.
  • Or the implication that her liberalism is a negative?
  • When I began my life in politics, those values went by the name liberalism.
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