Liberal may refer to:

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  Politics

• Liberalism, a political ideology or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality
  • Classical liberalism, the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets
  • Conservative liberalism, a variant of liberalism, combining liberal values and policies with conservative stances, or, more simply, representing the right-wing of the liberal movement
  • Economic liberalism, the ideological belief in giving all people economic freedom, and as such granting people with more basis to control their own lives and make their own mistakes
  • Social liberalism, the belief that liberalism should include social justice

  Australia

• The Liberal Party of Australia, a center-right-wing conservative party

  Belgium

• In Belgium, the political denomination "liberal" is used as a misnomer, as it actually refers to a conservative ideology. Hence "liberal" parties in Belgium are actually conservative parties, as opposed to socialist parties. Their typical logo colors are indeed blue, the identifying international color for conservatism.

  Canada

• The Liberal Party of Canada, a center-left-wing party

  United Kingdom

"Liberal" in the United Kingdom is customarily used to describe political beliefs in the classical liberal tradition of the old Liberal Party, rooted in a belief in freedom of the individual. It is also used as a short hand to describe policies of the modern Liberal Democrats.

• Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party which developed from the Whig
• Liberal Party (UK, 1989), The party that was formed in 1989 following the formation of the Liberal Democrats
• European liberalism, liberalism in Europe

  United States

• Modern liberalism in the United States, a form of liberalism
• Progressivism in the United States, a political ideology of reform, often associated with left-leaning movements

  Other uses in politics

• Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule
• Liberal Democratic Party (disambiguation), a common name for political parties around the globe
• Liberal Party, a list of parties worldwide using this common name. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom.
• Liberalism in Russia, . It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, namely those that have had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in the scheme. The listed parties didn't necessarily label themselves as liberal
• Liberalism worldwide, liberal parties around the world

  Economics

• Laissez-faire, an economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from tariffs, government subsidies, and enforced monopolies, with only enough government regulations sufficient to protect property rights against theft and aggression
• Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
• Ordoliberalism, a German variant of neoliberalism that emphasises the need for the state to ensure that the free market produces results close to its theoretical potential

  Places

  United States

• Liberal, Kansas
• Liberal, Missouri
• Liberal, Oregon

  Other uses

• Liberal religion, a religious tradition which embraces the theological diversity of a congregation rather than a single creed, authority, or writing
• Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), a religious outlook
• Liberal Christianity, a religious outlook
• Liberal Islam, a religious outlook
• Liberal arts, refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study
• El Liberal, a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
• Liberalism (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises

  See also

• Conservative

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