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(adjective) tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition |
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Antonyms: conservative |
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(satellite adjective) having political or social views favoring reform and progress |
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(noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties |
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Synonyms: progressive |
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Related Words: Whig, adult, grownup, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist |
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Antonyms: conservative |
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(noun) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets |
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Related Words: adult, grownup |
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(satellite adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
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Synonyms: broad, tolerant |
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(satellite adjective) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
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Synonyms: free, loose |
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(satellite adjective) given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" |
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Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, openhanded |
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