Word: illiberal
Category: illiberal
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Related words: illiberal
illiberal democracy
Synonyms: illiberal
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: illiberal
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german
Translations:
knauserig, engstirnig
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french
Translations:
mesquin, avare, chiche, parcimonieux, serré
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russian
Translations:
ограниченный, скупой, нетерпимый, непросвещенный, скаредный, отсталый, косный
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czech
Translations:
skoupý
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polish
Translations:
nieliberalny, skąpy
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ukrainian
Translations:
жадний, жадної, жадною, неліберальний
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estonian
Translations:
kitsarinnaline, kitsi
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croatian
Translations:
uskogrudan, škrt, neotesan
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slovenian
Translations:
neliberální
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slovak
Translations:
úzkoprsý
The meaning and "use of": illiberal
adjective
- opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behavior. - illiberal and anti-democratic policies
- uncultured or unrefined. - We are not so much worried about being convicted of being illiberal as having the charge even raised in the first place.
- not generous; mean. - He is avaricious and ambitious, I fear ungenerous and illiberal ; is destitute of heroic daring.
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