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'''Liberal''' may refer to:
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==Politics==
* [[Liberalism]]
** [[Classical liberalism]]
** [[Conservative liberalism]]
** [[Economic liberalism]]
** [[Social liberalism]]

===Australia===
* The [[Liberal Party of Australia]], a center-right-wing conservative party

===Canada===
* The [[Liberal Party of Canada]], a center-left-wing party

===United Kingdom===
"Liberal" in the [[United Kingdom]] is customarily used to describe political beliefs in the [[classical liberal]] tradition of the old [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], rooted in a belief in freedom of the individual. It is also used as a short hand to describe policies of the modern [[Liberal Democrats]].
* [[Liberal Democrats]], the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing [[Liberal Party (UK)]] which developed from the [[Whig (British political party)]]
* [[Liberal Party (UK, 1989)]], The party that was formed in 1989 following the formation of the [[Liberal Democrats]]
* [[European liberalism]], liberalism in Europe

===United States===
* [[Modern liberalism in the United States]]
* [[Progressivism in the United States]], a political ideology of reform, often associated with left-leaning movements

===Other uses in politics===
* [[Liberal democracy]], a form of government based on limited majority rule
* [[Liberal Democratic Party (disambiguation)|Liberal Democratic Party]], a common name for political parties around the globe
* [[Liberal Party]], a list of parties worldwide using this common name. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom.
* [[Liberalism in Russia]]
* [[Liberalism worldwide]], liberal parties around the world

==Economics==
* [[Laissez-faire]]
* [[Neoliberalism]], a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
* [[Ordoliberalism]]

==Place names==
;United States
* [[Liberal, Kansas]]
* [[Liberal, Missouri]]
* [[Liberal, Oregon]]

==Other uses==
* [[Liberal religion]]
* [[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)]], a religious outlook
* [[Liberal Christianity]], a religious outlook
* [[Liberal Islam]], a religious outlook
* [[Liberal arts]]
*''[[El Liberal]]'', a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
*[[Liberalism (book)|''Liberalism'' (book)]], a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises

==See also==
* [[Conservative]]


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