Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun liberalism

2 senses of liberalism

Sense 1
liberalism -- (a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution)
       => political orientation, ideology, political theory -- (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Sense 2
liberalism -- (an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market)
       => economic theory -- ((economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods))