About The Word Illiberal
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Illiberal
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What's The Definition Of Illiberal?
[adj] narrow-minded about cherished opinions
Synonyms | Synonyms for Illiberal: intolerant | narrow | narrow-minded Related Terms | Find terms related to Illiberal: authoritarian | avaricious | biased | bigot | bigoted | borne | chauvinist | cheap | close | closed | closefisted | constricted | cramped | creedbound | deaf | deaf to reason | doctrinaire | dogmatist | fanatic | fanatical | grudging | hardfisted | hidebound | insular | intolerant | jaundiced | jingo | little | little-minded | male chauvinist | mean | mean-minded | mean-spirited | mingy | miserly | narrow | narrow-hearted | narrow-minded | narrow-souled | narrow-spirited | near | nearsighted | niggardly | one-sided | opinionated | paltry | parochial | partial | partisan | penny-pinching | petty | pig | pinchfisted | pinching | prejudiced | provincial | purblind | racist | rigid | rigorous | save-all | sexist | shortsighted | small | small-minded | stingy | straitlaced | stringent | stuffy | superpatriot | tight | tightfisted | ultranationalist | uncatholic | uncharitable | unchivalrous | ungenerous | unliberal See Also | Illiberal In Webster's Dictionary \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not +
liberalis liberal: cf. F. illib['e]ral.]
1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean;
sordid. ``A thrifty and illiberal hand.'' --Mason.
2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like;
ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in
Latin. [R.] --Chesterfield.
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