What's the difference between illiberal and illiberalness?
Illiberal
Definition:
(a.) Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
(a.) Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
(a.) Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.
Example Sentences:
(1) A book published next month charts this era of realpolitik with chilling detail; Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's conclusion in Imperial Endgame is that "liberal imperialism can only be sustained by illiberal dirty wars.
(2) So the question now is: will Europe succeed in defending the deep values it brought to the world for decades, or will it be wiped out by the rise in illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimes?” Macron said the key to reconciling European people with the European project was to tighten rules on workers and make it harder for companies to employ cheaper labour from other EU countries or shift production to lower-wage countries, undercutting others.
(3) Snyder mentions Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán , who avowedly seeks the creation of an “illiberal” state, and who, says Snyder, “looks fondly on that period as one of healthy national consciousness”.
(4) Either the Polish government reverses its moves to limit the independence of the judiciary, or Europe is seen to acquiesce in the further spread of illiberalism among its own ranks.
(5) He is most reactionary, most illiberal, in his obsession with the state.
(6) A populist government whose democratic backsliding has been ringing alarm bells in Europe will embrace a US president who shares its illiberal views and hostility to migrants.
(7) It is not uncommon for illiberal – in this case, deeply authoritarian – regimes to use a security threat (whether real, imagined, or self-created) as a pretext for singling out alleged ‘traitors’ and cracking down on civil society and individual critics.” Lawyer Khalid Bagirov, who is acting on behalf of all four activists, said the arrests are politically motivated, and added that their acquittal is nigh on “impossible”.
(8) The urbane, intellectual figure of Michael Ignatieff seems an unlikely candidate to play the role of bogeyman in the eyes of Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s populist prime minister, as he strives to turn his country into an “illiberal state”.
(9) It feels crude, illiberal to point out that the other side is, on average, more stupid than our own.
(10) Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom, warned a few years ago about the dangers of illiberal democracy - the way in which democracy could turn into authoritarianism.
(11) By supporting the government’s anti-smoking programme the company is endorsing some of the most illiberal tobacco control policies in the world.” Nine other institutional investors were asked to comment on whether they plan to dump tobacco investments.
(12) We all know that women may be as tough and as illiberal and rightwing as any guy, and often peculiarly distrusting of their own gender.
(13) What distinguishes the point we have reached today is that this poisonous illiberalism, this recasting of the way we view ourselves and the face we show to the world, has been given an official stamp of approval by a group of shameless Tory politicians at the top.
(14) From taking the stage at the age of two, she remained in showbusiness up to her sudden death at 47 of an accidental drug overdose combined with illiberal use of alcohol while fulfilling nightclub engagements in London.
(15) Read more When we apply the shorthand label “illiberal democracy” to Poland it is vital to distinguish between two different things.
(16) Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have practised illiberal intervention.
(17) Call me illiberal, but it makes me absolutely terrified to see them bowling along, unable to hear the traffic."
(18) Brexit Britain, like Trump’s America, is being held up by those far-right leaders as a beacon to light their countries’ way to the nativist (white), protectionist and illiberal future they have long aspired to.
(19) But in practice the 17 euro countries – many of which are economically illiberal – will discuss market rules among themselves and caucus.
(20) Of the many ill-considered policies Mr Gove inherited from his illiberal predecessor Chris Grayling in May, few are more damaging to the fairness of the our justice system than the criminal courts charge, which Mr Grayling quietly introduced, without any public consultation or parliamentary debate, during the fag end of the last parliament.
Illiberalness
Definition:
(n.) The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
Example Sentences:
(1) A book published next month charts this era of realpolitik with chilling detail; Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's conclusion in Imperial Endgame is that "liberal imperialism can only be sustained by illiberal dirty wars.
(2) So the question now is: will Europe succeed in defending the deep values it brought to the world for decades, or will it be wiped out by the rise in illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimes?” Macron said the key to reconciling European people with the European project was to tighten rules on workers and make it harder for companies to employ cheaper labour from other EU countries or shift production to lower-wage countries, undercutting others.
(3) Snyder mentions Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán , who avowedly seeks the creation of an “illiberal” state, and who, says Snyder, “looks fondly on that period as one of healthy national consciousness”.
(4) Either the Polish government reverses its moves to limit the independence of the judiciary, or Europe is seen to acquiesce in the further spread of illiberalism among its own ranks.
(5) He is most reactionary, most illiberal, in his obsession with the state.
(6) A populist government whose democratic backsliding has been ringing alarm bells in Europe will embrace a US president who shares its illiberal views and hostility to migrants.
(7) It is not uncommon for illiberal – in this case, deeply authoritarian – regimes to use a security threat (whether real, imagined, or self-created) as a pretext for singling out alleged ‘traitors’ and cracking down on civil society and individual critics.” Lawyer Khalid Bagirov, who is acting on behalf of all four activists, said the arrests are politically motivated, and added that their acquittal is nigh on “impossible”.
(8) The urbane, intellectual figure of Michael Ignatieff seems an unlikely candidate to play the role of bogeyman in the eyes of Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s populist prime minister, as he strives to turn his country into an “illiberal state”.
(9) It feels crude, illiberal to point out that the other side is, on average, more stupid than our own.
(10) Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom, warned a few years ago about the dangers of illiberal democracy - the way in which democracy could turn into authoritarianism.
(11) By supporting the government’s anti-smoking programme the company is endorsing some of the most illiberal tobacco control policies in the world.” Nine other institutional investors were asked to comment on whether they plan to dump tobacco investments.
(12) We all know that women may be as tough and as illiberal and rightwing as any guy, and often peculiarly distrusting of their own gender.
(13) What distinguishes the point we have reached today is that this poisonous illiberalism, this recasting of the way we view ourselves and the face we show to the world, has been given an official stamp of approval by a group of shameless Tory politicians at the top.
(14) From taking the stage at the age of two, she remained in showbusiness up to her sudden death at 47 of an accidental drug overdose combined with illiberal use of alcohol while fulfilling nightclub engagements in London.
(15) Read more When we apply the shorthand label “illiberal democracy” to Poland it is vital to distinguish between two different things.
(16) Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have practised illiberal intervention.
(17) Call me illiberal, but it makes me absolutely terrified to see them bowling along, unable to hear the traffic."
(18) Brexit Britain, like Trump’s America, is being held up by those far-right leaders as a beacon to light their countries’ way to the nativist (white), protectionist and illiberal future they have long aspired to.
(19) But in practice the 17 euro countries – many of which are economically illiberal – will discuss market rules among themselves and caucus.
(20) Of the many ill-considered policies Mr Gove inherited from his illiberal predecessor Chris Grayling in May, few are more damaging to the fairness of the our justice system than the criminal courts charge, which Mr Grayling quietly introduced, without any public consultation or parliamentary debate, during the fag end of the last parliament.