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								showing or characterized by broad-mindedness a liberal newspaper
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								having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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								tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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								given or giving freely
 a liberal backer of the arts
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								not literal
 
 'liberal' - used as a noun
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								a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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								a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
 
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