English to Corsican Meaning of illiberal - illiberal

Illiberal :

illiberal

adjective

sectaire, strittu, picculu, strettu, parziale, una-favurutu, stingy |, miniatura, pocu, ap, avanti, stretta-arachide, cortu-stava

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Definitions of illiberal in English

Adjective(1) narrow-minded about cherished opinions

Examples of illiberal in English

(1) Is this state of affairs an acceptable result of a pluralistic liberal system, or is there something fundamentally illiberal about American politics today?(2) If we must choose between a society that is in fact liberal and an illiberal society that scrupulously avoids formal racial criteria, we can hardly appeal to the ideals of liberal pluralism to prefer the latter.(3) Ours is an age of illiberal liberalism and intolerant tolerance, where we are apparently free to live as we choose - so long as we don't want the right to make ├ö├ç├┐wrong├ö├ç├û choices.(4) Trying to bar all acknowledgments of religion by government officials in the name of preventing offense to listeners seems to me more illiberal than liberal.(5) Both the existing legislation on racism, and that adumbrated by the prime minister on the ├ö├ç├┐preachers of hate├ö├ç├û, have an illiberal potential - that is, they do restrict freedom of expression.(6) However, I think they obscure, rather than remove or defuse, the potential conflicts between liberal principles and illiberal groups.(7) But does this say anything about the relations likely to develop between liberal and illiberal states?(8) Instead the recent reaction to these decisions has done little to challenge the illiberal , anti-democratic drift of our time.(9) It's time they had the courage to join the Liberal Democrats in opposing this expensive and illiberal measure.(10) Hence, it seems that the appeal to ├ö├ç├┐tolerance├ö├ç├û does not resolve the conflict between liberal values and illiberal minorities.(11) They tend to be illiberal , boorish, uncultured, arrogant snobs.(12) In the increasingly illiberal world of orthodox liberalism, competing ideas are answered not by argument but by a pose of moral superiority and by-the-book invective.(13) But just how far should and may the liberal state go to curb illiberal behavior?(14) Liberal Democrats have rejected illiberal measures to tackle crime as ineffective and a threat to civil liberties.(15) They exploit the values of an open liberal society to reach illiberal ends.(16) Since our island is in the Auckland City area we get to choose the mayor from among an assortment of National Party have-beens - a liberal one and an illiberal one - and an entrepreneur bent on not upsetting the chicken coop.

Related Phrases of illiberal

(1) illiberal ::

illiberal

Related Phrases of illiberal

(1) illiberal ::

illiberal

Synonyms

Adjective

1. intolerant ::

lattosiu

2. narrow-minded ::

stretta-arachide

3. unenlightened ::

unenlightened

4. conservative ::

cunzirvaturi

5. reactionary ::

riaziunari

7. puritanical ::

puritana

8. undemocratic ::

undemocratic

9. authoritarian ::

auturitariu

11. totalitarian ::

ca li

12. despotic ::

ghjente

13. tyrannical ::

tyrannical

14. oppressive ::

riprissivi

15. draconian ::

draconien

Antonyms

1. catholic ::

soca

2. cosmopolitan ::

maghjuramenti

3. liberal ::

libbirali

4. open ::

apartu

5. open-minded ::

mente aperta

6. receptive ::

réceptif

Different Forms

illiberal, illiberality, illiberally

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