illiberal (Meaning)

Wordnet

illiberal (s)

narrow-minded about cherished opinions

Webster

illiberal (a.)

Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.

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narrow-minded about cherished opinionsNot liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid., Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like;

narrow,parochial, sectarian, insular, small, petty, bigoted, wrongheaded, rigid,provincial

cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan, receptive, liberal, tolerant,liberal, catholic, open, tolerant, catholic

The illiberal regime suppressed dissent and imprisoned political opponents.

Illiberal policies aimed to restrict individual freedoms and promote government control.

The new government's illiberal agenda threatened to erode democratic principles.

The university was criticized for its illiberal stance on academic freedom.