See? Liberalism IS a mental disorder....

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1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
Related Words for : conservativeconservativist, cautious, button-down, buttoned-down, bourgeois

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1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
<table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex" width="35">4.</td> <td>favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex" width="35">5.</td> <td>favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex" width="35">6.</td> <td>of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"> <tbody><tr> <td class="dnindex" width="35">7.</td> <td>free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex" width="35">8.</td> <td>open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.</td></tr></tbody></table>
Related Words for : liberalbroad, large-minded, tolerant, progressive, big


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Synonyms:
dull, tiresome, tedious.