Liberal

Liberal may refer to:

Politics

• Liberalism

Australia

• The Liberal Party of Australia, a centre-right party

Canada

• The Liberal Party of Canada, a centre-left Canadian political party
• Liberalism, a political theory that seeks to maximize individual liberties. Within liberalism are competing schools of thought, in general they are:
  • Classical liberalism
  • Social liberalism

United Kingdom

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

United States

• One who supports social liberalism
• Liberalism, a political ideology that seeks to maximize individual liberties. Within liberalism are competing schools of thought, in general they are:
  • Classical liberalism
  • Social liberalism
• Modern liberalism in the United States
• Progressivism in the United States, a political ideology of reform, often associated with liberal movements

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 Democratic Party, a common name for political parties around the globe
• 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

Economics

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

Place names

In the United States:

• Liberal, Kansas, a city
• Liberal, Missouri, a city
• Liberal, Oregon, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Progressive Judaism, a religious outlook
• Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), 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 (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises