English
illiberalism
From illiberal + -ism.
A compound of illiberal + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow’
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Latin līber
Latin līberālis ‘freedom’
Latin illiberalis ‘ignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging’
Middle French illibéral
English illiberal
Today it means
noun The principle, state or quality of being illiberal.
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Etymograph / illiberalism