Illiberal - English meaning

noun

People with extreme conservative views, including extreme views about race, who reject ordinary politics and use the internet to spread their opinions. alt-right is an abbreviation for "alternative right"

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The alt-right rejects mainstream conservatism, believing that it under-represents the interests of …

adjective

Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

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The transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime

noun

An authoritarian person.

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The power structures may have changed, but authoritarians will still abuse power however they can.

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Demanding total obedience to those in positions of authority

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An authoritarian ruler/parent

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Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

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They were very conservative in their outlook

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A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

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He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings

adjective

Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change

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He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

noun

A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

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History should have taught us that despots, nuclear powers, rogue states et al do not attack strong…

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A ruler who has unlimited power and often uses it unfairly and cruelly

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A despotic regime

noun

A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.

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Religious fundamentalists

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Relating to or advocating the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

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A fundamentalist protestant preacher

adjective

Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention.

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They are working to change hidebound corporate cultures

adjective

Not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.

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As a society we are more intolerant of certain types of violence than we were in the past

adjective

Disapproving of or refusing to accept people, behavior, or ideas that are different from your own

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As a historian, she was intolerant of poorly done research., he began to speak out against racism a…

adjective

Unwilling to accept or consider other people's different ideas and behavior

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Having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.

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His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation

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Opposing political or social progress or reform.

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Reactionary attitudes toward women's rights

noun

A reactionary person.

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He was later to become an extreme reactionary

noun

A person who opposes political or social change

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Reactionary forces opposed to the president’s reforms could move to oust him.

adjective

(especially of a social or political system) inhibiting or restraining personal freedom.

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A repressive regime

adjective

Demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.

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My father was very strict

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Limiting people’s freedom to behave as they wish beyond what is usual

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The school is an old-fashioned institution with strict discipline., do you think stricter laws woul…

adjective

Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

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A totalitarian regime

noun

A person advocating a totalitarian system of government.

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Most totalitarians seem afraid of the spirit of science

adjective

Not relating or according to democratic principles.

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An undemocratic regime

adjective

Not having or showing an enlightened outlook.

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Unenlightened thinking