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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