Meanings
- uncountableeconomicsA political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-“to grow; people”
- Latinlīber“free, independent, unchecked, unrestricted”
- Frenchlibéralisme
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-“to fit, put together; to fix”
- Latinōrdō“methodical arrangement, order, or series”
- GermanOrdoliberalismus
- Englishordoliberalism
Borrowed from German Ordoliberalismus (coined in 1950 by the German economist Hero Moeller (1892–1974)), from ORDO (the name of a journal, the full title of which is ORDO — Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (ORDO – Yearbook of Economic and Social Order) + Liberalismus (“liberalism”). ORDO is derived from Latin ōrdō (“methodical arrangement, order, or series”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix”); while Liberalismus is from French libéralisme (ultimately from Latin līber (“free, independent, unchecked, unrestricted”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”)) + -ismus (“suffix forming the names of schools of thought, systems, or theories”).
More words from German, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech ordoliberalismus
- ordoliberalismuspolitical philosophy
Danish ordoliberalisme
- ordoliberalismepolitical philosophy
Dutch ordoliberalisme
- ordoliberalismepolitical philosophy
Estonian ordoliberalism
- ordoliberalismpolitical philosophy
Finnish ordoliberalismi
- ordoliberalismipolitical philosophy
French ordolibéralisme
- ordolibéralismepolitical philosophy
German Ordoliberalismus
- Ordoliberalismuspolitical philosophy
Italian ordoliberalismo
- ordoliberalismopolitical philosophy
Japanese オルド自由主義
- オルド自由主義 (orudojiyūshugi)political philosophy
Korean 질서자유주의
- 질서자유주의 (jilseojayujuui)political philosophy
Norwegian Bokmål ordoliberalisme
- ordoliberalismepolitical philosophy
Polish ordoliberalizm
- ordoliberalizmpolitical philosophy
Portuguese ordoliberalismo
- ordoliberalismopolitical philosophy
Russian западногерманский неолиберализм
- западногерманский неолиберализм (zapadnogermanskij neoliberalizm)political philosophy
Slovak ordoliberalizmus
- ordoliberalizmuspolitical philosophy
Spanish ordoliberalismo
- ordoliberalismopolitical philosophy
Swedish ordoliberalism
- ordoliberalismpolitical philosophy
Turkish ordoliberalizm
- ordoliberalizmpolitical philosophy
Ukrainian ордолібералі́зм
- ордолібералі́зм (ordoliberalízm)political philosophy
Cite this entry
ordoliberalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordoliberalism
“ordoliberalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordoliberalism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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