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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   liberal

   • IPA[ˈlib(ə)rəl]

   美式

   • adj.
     willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas；(in a political context) favoring policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.
   • n.
     a supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.；a supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise

   • noun: liberal, plural noun: liberals

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people 同義詞 tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, ... 更多enlightened, forbearing, permissive, free, free and easy, easygoing, laissez-faire, libertarian, latitudinarian, unbiased, impartial, nonpartisan, indulgent, lenient, lax, soft反義詞 narrow-minded, bigoted
   • ▪ (in a political context) favoring policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare. they favor liberal ideologies over conservative ones 同義詞 progressive, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, ... 更多enlightened, reformist, radical, freethinking, left-wing, leftist, politically correct, PC, informalwoke, right-on反義詞 conservative, reactionary
   • ▪ regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.
   • 2. relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise a liberal democratic state 同義詞 progressive, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, ... 更多enlightened, reformist, radical, freethinking, left-wing, leftist, politically correct, PC, informalwoke, right-on反義詞 conservative, reactionary
   • 3. relating to a Liberal party or (in the UK) the Liberal Democrat Party the Liberal leader
   • 4. given, used, or occurring in generous amounts liberal amounts of wine had been consumed 同義詞 abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, ... 更多lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich, galore, excessive, immoderate, superabundant, overabundant, informalover the top, literaryplenteous反義詞 scant
   • ▪ (of a person) giving generously Sam was too liberal with the wine 同義詞 generous, magnanimous, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting, ... 更多ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kindhearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish, extravagant, overgenerous, generous to a fault, immoderate, wasteful, overabundant, profligate, prodigal, thriftless, improvident, intemperate, unrestrained, wild, informalover the top, literarybounteous反義詞 miserly, careful
   • 5. (of education) concerned with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training the provision of liberal adult education a liberal arts university 同義詞 wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic
   • 6. (especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal or exact they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation 同義詞 flexible, broad, loose, rough, nonrestrictive, ... 更多free, general, nonliteral, nonspecific, not literal, not strict, not close, inexact, imprecise, vague, indefinite, ill-defined, unrigorous, unmeticulous反義詞 strict, to the letter

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare. are we dealing with a polarization between liberals and conservatives? she dissented from the decision, joined by the court's liberals
   • 2. a supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise classical liberals emphasized the right of the individual to make decisions, even if the results dismayed their neighbors or injured themselves
   • 3. a supporter or member of a Liberal party or (in the UK) the Liberal Democrat Party the Liberals are looking to defend a seat in Tuebrook and Stoneycroft