anti-liberal

adjective

an·ti-lib·er·al

ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rəl,

ˌan-tī-

: opposed to or hostile toward political liberalism

Not all the comment on him was favourable, since he was seen as anti-Western, anti-liberal and a Russian nationalist.—

Geoffrey A. Hosking

anti-liberalism

ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rə-ˌli-zəm

ˌan-tī-

noun

These romantic medievalists may moreover have strengthened Tolstoy's natural anti-intellectualism and anti-liberalism … —

Isaiah Berlin

Examples of anti-liberal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fierce clashes have been prompted twice this year by the government's efforts to introduce anti-liberal legislation bearing striking similarities to similar laws passed in Russia -- specifically a foreign agents bill and measures restricting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. —

David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 The concept aligns with the anti-liberal thought of Carl Schmitt and Martin Heidegger, both of whom were devoted Jünger readers. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023

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