preliberal

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adjective

Before the liberal period of society, i.e. in feudal or authoritarian times.

Opposite
postliberal
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Meanings

adjectivepreliberal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore the liberal period of society, i.e. in feudal or authoritarian times.

    They were, then, preliberal, premodern.

    2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in New York Times
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    But if we hope to create a humane postliberal future, we cannot pretend that the age of liberalism did not happen or that its basic contours can simply be jettisoned in some sort of restoration of an idyllic preliberal age.

    2018, Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed, New Haven: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 184

    Antonyms: postliberal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBefore the liberal period of society, i.e. in feudal or authoritarian times.

Opposite
postliberal

Origin

From pre- + liberal.

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APA

preliberal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliberal

MLA

“preliberal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliberal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preliberal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preliberal.

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