LIBERALNESS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

liberalness

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But, outside of cosmopolitan sections of Tel Aviv, Herzliya, and Haifa, the liberalism that fuelled his humor couldn’t be taken for granted.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

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In 1955, Hofstadter, one of the great American historians of the 20th century, published The Age of Reform—a political and social history of the years 1890 to 1940, the period of populism, progressivism, and the New Deal.

— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
And next door to the west of Wisconsin in Minnesota, Flanagan can point to a 20-point primary win to suggest that progressivism is the way to go this year.

— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

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