Liberal

Liberal may refer to:

US Politics:

• Liberal typically refers to one supporting social liberalism
• Liberalism is a political ideology that seeks to maximize individual liberties. Within liberalism are competing schools of thought, in general they are:
  • Classical liberalism
  • Social liberalism
• American modern liberalism in the United States.
• Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements

UK Politics:

• Liberal in the United Kingdom may refer to opposing both conservative and socialist positions, particularly those of economic protectionists and authoritarians.
• Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party (UK)
• European liberalism, liberalism in Europe

Australian Politics:

• Liberal in Australia refers to the Liberal Party of Australia, a center-right party
• Liberal Democrats are generally called small-l liberals

Other uses in politics:

• Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions
• Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule
• Liberal Party, members of the political party. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom etc.
• Liberalism worldwide, liberal parties around the world
• Small-l liberal, a term used to distinguish between people with a liberal ideology and members of a Liberal party
• Liberal Democratic Party, a common name for political parties around the globe

Economics:

• Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
• Laissez-faire
• Economic liberalism
• Ordoliberalism
• Social liberalism

Places in the USA:

• Liberal, Kansas, a town
• Liberal, Missouri, a town

Other:

• Liberal Judaism, a religious outlook
• Liberal Christianity, a religious outlook
• Liberal Islam, a religious outlook
• Liberal arts
• El Liberal, a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
• Liberalism, a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises