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illiberal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++il·lib·e·ral /ɪˈlɪbərəl/ adjective formal  1 STRICTnot supporting people’s rights to say or do what they want 不开明的,不容言论[行为]自由的 OPP liberal illiberal and undemocratic policies 专制、不民主的政策2. GENEROUSnot generous 吝啬的,小气的illiberally adverbilliberality /ɪˌlɪbəˈræləti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
illiberalThe final irony is that the kind of liberalism John Torode wants is itself illiberal.By necessity, the armed forces are illiberal and undemocratic.Historically the only thing pro-abortion agitation achieved was to make an illiberal establishment look far more feminist than it was.In the west it is the Roman Catholic Church that holds the most rigid and illiberal religious beliefs.That doesn't seem to me a shocking or illiberal thing to say.
il·lib·e·ral adjectiveChineseSyllable
rights say to Corpus or do people’s not supporting


illiberal
illiberal /ɪˈlɪbərəl/ adjective formal
1. not supporting people’s rights to say or do what they want
   OPP  liberal:
    illiberal and undemocratic policies
2. not generous
—illiberally adverb
—illiberality /ɪˌlɪbəˈræləti, ɪˌlɪbəˈrælɪti/ noun [uncountable]


il·lib·eralBrE /ɪˈlɪbərəl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈlɪbərəl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) not allowing much freedom of opinion or action 不容言论(或行动)自由的;不开明的 SYN intolerant illiberal policies限制言行自由的政策