Illiberal

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Adjective

1. Restrictive to individual choice and freedom; authoritarian.

   quotations:

   • "Unless the administration compels all workers to invest in life cycle accounts -- an illiberal but nonetheless sensible idea -- this particular danger cannot be eliminated." — Washington Post, February 20, 2005
   • "Behind Europe's commitment to liberal democracy lurks an illiberal tradition. Every time freedom has failed in Europe, it is to that tradition - of violent repression, totalitarianism, xenophobia, and intolerance - that Europeans have reverted." — Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2004

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