neoliberal

comparative more neoliberal · superlative most neoliberal · alternative neo-liberal

1. derogatoryoftenIn accordance with, or subscribing to, neoliberalism.

   The masculine discourse of the street workout includes a combination of concepts of strong physicality significant for traditional models of masculinity, alongside neoliberal discourses of individual responsibility for bodily self-production.

   2021, Elena Omelchenko, Youth in Putin's Russia, page 103

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   She showed that homonormativity, within the overarching framework of a heteronormative society, has a class dimension: it reflects the ways that a layer of lesbian/gay people are adapting in order to occupy a secure niche within the neoliberal order.

   2016 August 31, Peter Drucker, “Homonationalism, Heteronationalism and LGBTI Rights in the EU”, in Public Seminar, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2026

plural neoliberals · alternative neo-liberal

1. derogatoryoftenA person who subscribes to neoliberalism.

   neoliberals when a facrory^([sic]) in a working class town home to 20,000 families stays open insetad^([sic]) of GDP going up .001%

   2026 February 15, @HQuestion2, X

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   The neoliberals stand today in somewhat the position neoconservatives occupied a decade ago. Their ambition is to attain the influence in liberal politics that the neoconservatives have attained in conservative politics.

   1984 May 15, Walter Goodman, “AS NEOLIBERALS SEARCH FOR CLOSEST FIT, HART IS OFTEN MENTIONED”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2019

   Neoliberals readily admit that economic liberalization causes some dislocations, but they view such collateral damage as necessary for the longer term gains of increased productivity and efficiency.

   2009, David J. Hess, Localist Movements in a Global Economy, →ISBN, page 25