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illiberal

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Word definitions for illiberal in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ By necessity, the armed forces are illiberal and undemocratic. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Historically the only thing pro-abortion agitation achieved was to make an illiberal establishment look far more feminist than ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Illiberal \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal: cf. F. illib['e]ral.] Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. ``A thrifty and illiberal hand.'' --Mason. Indicating a lack of breeding, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: intolerant ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "ungentlemanly, base, mean," from Middle French illiberal (14c.), from Latin illiberalis "ungenerous, mean, sordid; unworthy of a freeman," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + liberalis (see liberal ). A sense of "narrow-minded ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. restrictive to individual choice and freedom.

Usage examples of illiberal.

While the ministry on some occasions exhibited all the external signs of moderation and good humour, they, on others, manifested a spirit of jealousy and resentment which seems to have been childish and illiberal.

You have even debased the noblest and most beneficial art that ever engaged the study of mankind, which cannot be too much cultivated, and too little restrained, in seeking to limit the practice of it to a set of narrow-minded, illiberal wretches, who, like the lowest handicraftsmen, claim the exclusive privileges of a corporation.