Antonyms for illiberality


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ih-lib-er-uhl, ih-lib-ruhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪb ər əl, ɪˈlɪb rəl


Definition of illiberality

Origin :
  • 1530s, "ungentlemanly, base, mean," from Middle French illiberal (14c.), from Latin illiberalis "ungenerous, mean, sordid; unworthy of a freeman," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + liberalis (see liberal). A sense of "narrow-minded politically; unconcerned with the rights or liberties of others" is attested from 1640s, and might conceivably be revived to take up some of the burden that drags down conservative.
  • As in prejudice : noun belief without basis, information; intolerance
  • As in racism : noun prejudice against an ethnic group
  • As in bias : noun belief in one way; partiality
  • As in closeness : noun nearness
  • As in one-sidedness : noun bias
  • As in partisanship : noun bias
  • As in prepossession : noun bias
  • As in tendentiousness : noun bias
  • As in fanaticism : noun overenthusiasm
  • As in jaundice : verb bias
Example sentences :
  • Forgive me, if you can, for a touch of illiberality about your paper.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin
  • He readily obtained sympathy, and many persons were disgusted at Sir Charles's illiberality in not making him some compensation.
  • Extract from : « A Terrible Temptation » by Charles Reade
  • Where men resolve to be ungrateful, it is natural that they should be illiberal; and illiberality often hardens into malignity.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Ayrton Paris
  • The first view has in it the liberal principle; in the second, illiberality is concealed.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • Its illiberality and untruth render it very unfit for a "Family Library," for which it was composed.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 331, May, 1843 » by Various
  • I replied in the papers, pointing out the gross illiberality of the attack, and tried to provoke a discovery of the authors.
  • Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
  • Scottish literature of the eighteenth century failed to destroy this illiberality owing to the method of the Scotch philosophers.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. » by Arthur Mee
  • I was mad enough and wicked enough to defend my conduct, and to reproach my father with the illiberality of his sentiments.
  • Extract from : « Aurora Floyd, Vol. III (of 3) » by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
  • They have none of the Canton illiberality or prejudices about them, and are most willing to teach their art to the natives.
  • Extract from : « The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom » by P. L. Simmonds
  • Not the illiberality of patrons, but his own luxurious-206- habits, reduced him to beggary.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds

Synonyms for illiberality

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