Illiberal synonyms

ĭ-lĭb'ər-əl

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biased
Angled at a slant
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myopic
Narrow minded
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narrow-minded
Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
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close-minded
Unreceptive to new ideas or information; not open to any agreement.
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intolerant
Opposed to the inclusion or participation of those different from oneself, especially those of a different racial, ethnic, or social background.
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greedy
(Computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
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hidebound
Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
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parsimonious
Characterized by parsimony; miserly; close
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partial
(Mathematics) Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.
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prejudiced
Having prejudices.
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stingy
Giving or spending reluctantly.
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ungenerous
Harsh in judgment; unkind.
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vulgar
Of, characteristic of, belonging to, or common to the great mass of people in general; common; popular
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bigoted
Being or characteristic of a bigot:
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anti-democratic (related)
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undemocratic (related)
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hypocritical (related)
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reactionary (related)
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unprincipled (related)
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anti-women (related)
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authoritarian (related)
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antidemocratic (related)
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divisive (related)
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mean
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
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accept (related)
(Obsolete) Accepted.
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Illiberal Sentence Examples

  • The executive power is vested in a responsible cabinet, consisting of ten ministers, namely, the president of the council, the minister of the interior, of national defence, of education and public worship, of finance, The franchise is " probably the most illiberal in Europe."

  • The downfall of the town was accelerated by the illiberal policy of its patrician rulers; and the French Revolution reduced it to such a degree that in 1796 it offered itself and its territories to the king of Prussia on condition that he would pay its debts.

  • To save the constitution an appeal was made to the German Confederation, which Hanover had joined in 1815; but the federal diet declined to interfere, and in 1840 Ernest altered the constitution to suit his own illiberal views.

  • By their illiberal spirit, which sought but temporary commercial advantage in connexion with the Eastern trade, the Dutch authorities themselves, although generally humanely disposed towards the natives, created the system which caused their oppression and extermination."

  • The site of Mainz would seem to mark it out naturally as a great centre of trade, but the illiberal rule of the archbishops and its military importance seriously hampered its commercial and industrial development, and prevented it from rivalling its neighbour Frankfort.

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