different between illiberal vs shallow
illiberal
English
Etymology
From Middle French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis.
Adjective
illiberal (comparative more illiberal, superlative most illiberal)
- Restrictive of individual choice and freedom.
- Synonyms: antiliberal, oppressive, authoritarian
- Antonym: liberal
- Narrow-minded; bigoted.
- Synonym: antiliberal
- Antonyms: generous, broad-minded
- (archaic) Ungenerous, stingy.
- (economics, politics) Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism.
- Synonym: antiliberal
Related terms
- illiberally
- illiberalism
Translations
Noun
illiberal (plural illiberals)
- One opposed to liberal principles.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??libe?a?l/, /?libe??a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
illiberal (comparative illiberaler, superlative am illiberalsten)
- illiberal
Declension
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shallow
English
Etymology
From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English s?eald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh?- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??al??/
- (US) IPA(key): /??æl.o?/
- Rhymes: -æl??
- Hyphenation: shal?low
Adjective
shallow (comparative shallower, superlative shallowest)
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- This crater is relatively shallow.
- Saute the onions in a shallow pan.
- Extending not far downward.
- The water is shallow here.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.
- Lacking interest or substance.
- The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- shallow learning
- The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king.
- (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
Antonyms
- deep
Derived terms
- given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
Translations
Noun
shallow (plural shallows)
- A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
- The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.
- dashed on the shallows of the moving sand
- A fish, the rudd.
- (historical) A costermonger's barrow.
- 1871, Belgravia (volume 14, page 213)
- You might have gone there quite as easily, and enjoyed yourself much more, had your mode of conveyance been the railway, or a hansom, or even a costermonger's shallow.
- 1871, Belgravia (volume 14, page 213)
Usage notes
- Usually used in the plural form.
Translations
See also
- shoal
- sandbar
- sandbank
Verb
shallow (third-person singular simple present shallows, present participle shallowing, simple past and past participle shallowed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become less deep.
References
Anagrams
- hallows
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