liberalism

English

Etymology

Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818. Equivalent to liberal +‎ -ism.

Noun

liberalism (countable and uncountable, plural liberalisms)

1. The quality of being liberal.
2. (politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
   • 2009 January 25, Timothy Garton Ash, “A Liberal Translation”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Whether some distant cousin really belongs to the extended family of liberalisms is a matter of healthy dispute.

3. (economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).
   • 2018, Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century:

     But liberalism has no obvious answers to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruption.

Derived terms

• classical liberalism
• economic liberalism
• neoclassical liberalism
• social liberalism

Translations

quality of being liberal

• Arabic: لِيبْرَالِيَّة f (librāliyya)
• Catalan: liberalisme m
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 自由主義／自由主义 (chhṳ-yù chú-ngi)

  Hokkien: 自由主義／自由主义 (chū-iû chú-gī)

  Mandarin: 自由主義／自由主义 (zh) (zìyóuzhǔyì)

• Estonian: liberalism (et)
• Finnish: vapaamielisyys (fi)
• French: libéralisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ლიბერალობა (liberaloba), ლიბერალიზმი (ka) (liberalizmi)
• German: Liberalismus (de) m
• Italian: liberalismo (it)
• Japanese: 自由主義 (ja) (じゆうしゅぎ, jiyūshugi)
• Korean: 자유주의(自由主義) (ko) (jayujuui)
• Polish: liberalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: liberalismo (pt) m
• Russian: либерали́зм (ru) m (liberalízm)
• Spanish: liberalismo (es) m
• Swedish: liberalism (sv) c
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tự do (vi) (主義自由)

political movement

• Albanian: liberalizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: لِيبْرَالِيَّة f (librāliyya)
• Aragonese: liberalismo m
• Armenian: լիբերալիզմ (hy) (liberalizm), ազատականություն (hy) (azatakanutʿyun)
• Asturian: lliberalismu m
• Azerbaijani: liberalizm
• Belarusian: лібералі́зм m (libjeralízm)
• Bengali: উদারনীতিবাদ (udarnitibad)
• Bulgarian: либерали́зъм (bg) m (liberalízǎm)
• Burmese: လစ်ဘရယ်ဝါဒ (lacbha.raiwada.)
• Catalan: liberalisme m
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 自由主義／自由主义 (chhṳ-yù chú-ngi)

  Hokkien: 自由主義／自由主义 (chū-iû chú-gī)

  Mandarin: 自由主義／自由主义 (zh) (zìyóuzhǔyì)

• Czech: liberalizmus (cs) m
• Danish: liberalisme (da)
• Dutch: liberalisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: liberalismo (eo)
• Estonian: liberalism (et)
• Faroese: liberalisma f
• Finnish: liberalismi (fi)
• French: libéralisme (fr) m
• Galician: liberalismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ლიბერალიზმი (ka) (liberalizmi)
• German: Liberalismus (de) m
• Greek: φιλελευθερισμός (el) m (fileleftherismós)
• Hebrew: לִיבֶּרָלִיזְם (he) m (liberalízm)
• Hindi: उदारतावाद m (udārtāvād)
• Hungarian: liberalizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: frjálshyggja f
• Ido: liberalismo (io)
• Indonesian: liberalisme (id)
• Irish: liobrálachas m
• Italian: liberalismo (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: liberalizim
• Japanese: 自由主義 (ja) (じゆうしゅぎ, jiyūshugi)
• Kazakh: либерализм (liberalizm)
• Khmer: សេរីនិយម (seerəy niyum)
• Korean: 자유주의(自由主義) (ko) (jayujuui)
• Kyrgyz: либерализм (liberalizm)
• Lao: ເສຣີນິຍົມ (sē rī ni nyom), ເສລີນິຍົມ (sē lī ni nyom)
• Latin: līberālismus m
• Latvian: liberālisms m
• Lithuanian: liberalizmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: либерализам m (liberalizam)
• Malagasy: liberalisma (mg)
• Malay: liberalisme
• Mirandese: liberalismo m
• Mongolian: либерализм (mn) (liberalizm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: liberalisme (no) m

  Nynorsk: liberalisme

• Persian: لیبرالیسم (fa) (liberâlism)
• Polish: liberalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: liberalismo (pt) m
• Romanian: liberalism (ro) n
• Russian: либерали́зм (ru) m (liberalízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: либералѝзам m

  Roman: liberalìzam (sh) m

• Slovak: liberalizmus m
• Slovene: liberalizem (sl) m
• Spanish: liberalismo (es) m
• Swedish: liberalism (sv) c
• Tajik: либерализм (liberalizm)
• Thai: เสรีนิยม (th) (sěe-rii-ní-yom)
• Turkish: liberalizm (tr)
• Turkmen: liberalizm
• Ukrainian: лібералі́зм (uk) m (liberalízm)
• Uzbek: liberalizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa tự do (vi) (主義自由)
• Yiddish: ליבעראַליזם (liberalizm)

economic theory

• Armenian: լիբերալիզմ (hy) (liberalizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由主義／自由主义 (zh) (zìyóuzhǔyì)

• Czech: liberalizmus (cs) m
• Finnish: liberalismi (fi)
• Galician: liberalismo (gl) m
• Greek: φιλελευθερισμός (el) m (fileleftherismós)
• Indonesian: liberalisme (id)
• Polish: liberalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: liberalismo (pt) m
• Russian: либерали́зм (ru) m (liberalízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: либералѝзам m

  Roman: liberalìzam (sh) m

• Spanish: liberalismo (es) m
• Swedish: nyliberalism (sv) c, marknadsliberalism (sv) c

See also

• free market

Anagrams

• Mirabellis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French libéralisme. Equivalent to liberal +‎ -ism.

Noun

liberalism n (uncountable)

1. liberalism

Declension

declension of liberalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) liberalism	liberalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) liberalism	liberalismului
vocative	liberalismule

Related terms

• liberal

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, liberal +‎ -ism

Noun

liberalism c

1. liberalism; quality of being liberal; political movement based on personal freedom

Declension

Declension of liberalism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	liberalism	liberalismen	—	—
Genitive	liberalisms	liberalismens	—	—

Related terms

• liberal

References

• liberalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• liberalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• liberalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)