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*3 obsolete : lacking [[moral]] restraint : licentious
*3 obsolete : lacking [[moral]] restraint : licentious
*4 : not [[literal]] or strict : loose <a liberal [[translation]]>
*4 : not [[literal]] or strict : loose <a liberal [[translation]]>
*5 : broad-minded; especially : not bound by [[authoritarianism]], [[orthodoxy]], or [[tradition]]al [[forms]]
*5 : broad-minded; especially : not bound by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism authoritarianism], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxy orthodoxy], or [[tradition]]al [[forms]]
*6 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism
*6 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism
:b capitalized : of or constituting a [[political]] party advocating or [[associated]] with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with [[ideals]] of [[individual]] especially [[economic]] [[freedom]], greater [[individual]] [[participation]] in [[government]], and [[constitutional]], [[political]], and [[administrative]] reforms [[designed]] to secure these objectives
:b capitalized : of or constituting a [[political]] party advocating or [[associated]] with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with [[ideals]] of [[individual]] especially [[economic]] [[freedom]], greater [[individual]] [[participation]] in [[government]], and [[constitutional]], [[political]], and [[administrative]] reforms [[designed]] to secure these objectives
==Description==
==Description==
'''Liberalism''' (from the Latin liberalis, "of [[freedom]]") is the [[belief]] in the importance of liberty and [[equality]]. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their [[understanding]] of these principles, but most liberals support such [[fundamental]] [[ideas]] as [[constitutions]], liberal [[democracy]], free and fair elections, human rights, free trade, secularism, and the market economy. These [[ideas]] are often accepted even among political [[groups]] that do not openly profess a liberal [[ideological]] orientation. Liberalism [[encompasses]] several [[intellectual]] [[trends]] and [[traditions]], but the dominant variants are classical liberalism, which became popular in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 18th century], and social liberalism, which became popular in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century 20th century].
'''Liberalism''' (from the Latin liberalis, "of [[freedom]]") is the [[belief]] in the importance of liberty and [[equality]]. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their [[understanding]] of these principles, but most liberals support such [[fundamental]] [[ideas]] as [[constitutions]], liberal [[democracy]], free and fair elections, human rights, free trade, secularism, and the market economy. These [[ideas]] are often accepted even among political [[groups]] that do not openly profess a liberal [[ideological]] orientation. Liberalism [[encompasses]] several [[intellectual]] [[trends]] and [[traditions]], but the dominant variants are classical liberalism, which became popular in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 18th century], and social liberalism, which became popular in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century 20th century].