Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of postliberal.
Following a decade of confusion and uncertainty, we now have a clear picture of the post-liberal world disorder.
2025 April 19, Yuval Noah Harari, “Trump’s vision of a world of rival fortresses”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
plural post-liberals
- alternativeAlternative spelling of postliberal.
Viktor Orbán, a great model for Vance and other self-declared US “post-liberals” (meaning: anti-liberals), has been declaring for years that a proper understanding of “Christian Democracy” is not only “illiberal”, but nationalist.
2025 April 23, Jan-Werner Müller, “What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
Post-liberals share some longstanding Catholic conservative views, such as opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. They envision a counter-revolution in which they take over government bureaucracy and institutions such as universities from within, replacing entrenched “elites” with their own and acting upon their vision of the “common good”.
2025 April 19, “JD Vance had ‘exchange of opinions’ with senior cardinal, Vatican says”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN
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post-liberal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-liberal
“post-liberal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-liberal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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