classical liberalism

English

Etymology

A retronym to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from social liberalism.

Noun

classical liberalism (uncountable)

1. (politics) A political ideology and a branch of liberalism that advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.

   Coordinate terms: economic liberalism, social liberalism

   • 1990, E. K. Hunt, Property and Prophets, 6th edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     It was during this period of industrialization that the individualistic world view of classical liberalism became the dominant ideology of capitalism.

Derived terms

• classical liberal

Further reading

• classical liberalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia