Definition: 1. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. 2. Having political or social views favoring reform and progress. 3. Given or giving freely.
Use 'liberal' in a sentence:
1. The Liberal Democrat's support fell away at the last minute.
2. She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception.
3. The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline.
4. The Liberals were traditionally seen as the more pacific party.
5. The movement is liberal and social democratic in orientation.
6. This period represented a high water mark for liberal denominations.
7. The party has attracted a clutch of young southern liberals.
8. John was criticized for being too liberal in spending the company's money.
9. Liberal economist Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, says male economists have been on the inside of the profession, confirming each other's anti-regulation views.
10. Liberals say the paper is too right-wing.
11. On day one of the election campaign the National and Liberal Party leaders were neck and neck.
12. She is very liberal with her money.
13. As small countries dependent on foreign markets, they followed a liberal trade policy in the main, though a protectionist movement developed in Sweden.
14. Clearly, however, our actions demonstrate not a bias in favor of liberal views but rather a commitment to a balanced presentation of diverse opinions.
15. It is the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people.
16. As always he is liberal with his jokes.
17. She withdrew because she did not wish to split the Liberal vote.
18. I'm not a bleeding heart liberal.
19. The four judges who are considered liberal agreed; the four conservatives did not.
20. The Liberal Democrats are silent.
21. Our magazine does not have a liberal bias.
22. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.
23. A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views.
24. A vote for the Liberal Democrats is just a Labour vote in disguise.
25. For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.
26. Two Conservative MPs have gone over to the Liberal Democrats.
27. The school's liberal, individualistic traditions were in danger of slipping into anarchy.
28. Unfortunately, despite 2 1/2 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.
29. The liberal agenda is not calculated to help minority groups.
30. The three women, liberal activists who strongly support legislation in favor of civil rights and environmental protection, have consistently received labor's unqualifying support.
31. Spanish liberals sought to create linguistic as well as administrative uniformity.
32. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
33. Oxford's social circle was far too liberal for her taste.
34. The reality that has blocked my path to becoming the typical successful student is that engineering and liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I have assumed in high school.
35. Public policy on the family presents liberals with a dilemma.
36. In the old Liberal party the peace movement was a powerful voice.
37. The Conservatives lost a lot of ground to the Liberal Democrats at the election.
38. Liberal arts learning helps you become a well-educated, well-rounded person – someone who's interested in the world and interesting to others.
39. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
40. Most Western societies are liberal in outlook.
41. Individually engineering and the liberal arts shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse.
42. She is seeking more liberal visitation with her daughter.
43. I hadn't got him marked down as a liberal.
44. She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.
45. Reform is popular with middle-class liberals.
46. His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition.
47. Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe.
