classical liberalism
nounEtymology A retronym to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from social liberalism.
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Government, Politics A political ideology and a branch of liberalism that advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.
- It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- classical liberal
- Related terms
- neoclassical, neoclassicalism, neoliberal, neoliberalism