リベラル

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Describes people, ideas, or policies that are tolerant, progressive, or not bound by tradition. Often used in political or social contexts.

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She has a liberal way of thinking.

この新しん聞ぶんはリベラルな立たち場ばを取とっている。

This newspaper takes a liberal stance.

〈人ひと〉はリベラルだsomeone is liberal-minded (esp. politically or socially)
彼かれはリベラルな考かんがえ方かたを持もっている。
He has a liberal way of thinking.
リベラルな〈事こと〉a liberal policy, idea, or stance
その政せい党とうはリベラルな政せい策さくを掲かかげている。
That party is pushing forward liberal policies.
〈人ひと〉はリベラル派はだsomeone belongs to the liberal faction/camp
彼かの女じょはリベラル派はの政せい治じ家かとして知しられている。
She is known as a politician from the liberal camp.

自じ由ゆう主しゅ義ぎ
自由主義 refers to liberalism as a political or economic ideology, while リベラル is the adjective used to describe people, attitudes, or policies that embody that spirit.
進しん歩ぽ的てき
進歩的 stresses forward-looking, reform-minded attitudes, whereas リベラル more broadly means open-minded or tolerant, especially in political contexts.
開かい放ほう的てき
開放的 describes a generally open, unreserved personality or atmosphere, while リベラル specifically implies progressive or liberal political and social views.
リベラリスト
リベラル is used as an adjective or noun meaning 'liberal' in general, whereas リベラリスト specifically denotes a person who holds liberal principles.

保ほ守しゅ的てきN1
保守的 means conservative and tradition-bound, the direct opposite of リベラル's open, progressive stance.

Borrowed from English 'liberal'.