different between liberalism vs republican

English

Etymology

Circa 1819, from French libéralisme circa 1818.

Noun

liberalism (countable and uncountable, plural liberalisms)

1. The quality of being liberal.
2. (politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
3. (economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).

Derived terms

• classical liberalism
• economic liberalism
• social liberalism

Translations

See also

• free market

Romanian

Etymology

From French libéralisme

Noun

liberalism n (uncountable)

1. liberalism

Declension

Related terms

• liberal

Swedish

Noun

liberalism c

1. liberalism; quality of being liberal; political movement based on personal freedom

Declension

Related terms

• liberal

English

Etymology

From republic +? -an, partly after French républicain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?bl?k?n/
• Rhymes: -p?bl?k?n

Adjective

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:

     Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements).

2. Of or belonging to a republic. [from 17th c.]
3. Relating to the U.S. Republican Party

Translations

Noun

republican (plural republicans)

1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:

     Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'
2. A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.

Synonyms

• anti-monarchist
• antiroyalist

Translations

Ladin

Adjective

republican m (feminine singular republicana, masculine plural republicans, feminine plural republicanes)

1. republican

Related terms

• republica

Spanish

Verb

republican

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of republicar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of republicar.