anti-liberal

adjective

an·​ti-lib·​er·​al ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rəl How to pronounce anti-liberal (audio) ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-liberal (audio)
Synonyms of anti-liberalnext
: opposed to or hostile toward political liberalism
Not all the comment on him was favourable, since he was seen as anti-Western, anti-liberal and a Russian nationalist.—Geoffrey A. Hosking
anti-liberalism
ˌan-tē-ˈli-b(ə-)rə-ˌli-zəm How to pronounce anti-liberal (audio)
ˌan-tī-
noun
These romantic medievalists may moreover have strengthened Tolstoy's natural anti-intellectualism and anti-liberalism … —Isaiah Berlin

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There are all these moments in our history that had anti-liberal movements. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 Modern leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán are anti-liberal. — Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025 Before, people talked about liberals, anti-liberals, globalists, nationalists. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025 With modern terminology, the anti-liberal playbook of the 1950s has returned, once more, by conflating progressive politics with communism. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anti-liberal

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-liberal was in 1815

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“Anti-liberal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-liberal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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