Liberalism

  1. Noun.  The quality of being liberal.
  2. Noun.  Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.
  3. Noun.  An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market.

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