Synonyms for liberalism
ˈlɪb ər əˌlɪz əm, ˈlɪb rə-lib·er·al·ism

Princeton's WordNet

1. liberalismnoun

   a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

2. liberalismnoun

   an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market

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1. liberalismnoun

   Synonyms:
   latitudinarianism

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1. List of paraphrases for "liberalism":

   liberal, liberality, liberalisation, liberalization

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1. Joyce Mao:

   Eisenhower was viewed by Taft and his colleagues as much too moderate, his European focus was deemed by that conservative wing of the party as much too similar to the liberal Democrats. If this was going to be a moment for conservatism to reassert itself not only against liberalism but also against the moderates in the Republican Party, China provided an ideal plank.

2. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

3. Vladimir Putin:

   I wouldn't throw around this term 'liberalism' about this short period. There was an Imperial Duma functioning in Russia before 1917 for 11 years and not one law could pass through without its approval, a few months under the Russian provisional government does not compare with this.

4. Stone Fish:

   It’s very hypocritical in the sense that Hollywood likes to position itself as a bastion of liberalism but has completely erased Tibetans from its films and from its representation.

5. George Stanley McGovern:

   To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.