Illiberality

  • 51discourtesy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill manners Nouns 1. discourtesy, discourteousness; ill breeding; rudeness, ill or bad manners. Slang, boardinghouse reach. 2. (discourteous behavior) uncourteousness, inurbanity; illiberality,… …

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  • 52parsimony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive frugality Nouns 1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, stinginess, miserliness; illiberality, avarice, greed (see desire). See selfishness, economy. 2. miser, niggard, churl, skinflint, scrimp,… …

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  • 53prejudice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. partiality, bias, opinion; predilection, prepossession; detriment, injury; intolerance. v. t. bias, influence, color, jaundice. See misjudgment, injustice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bias, partiality,… …

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  • 54selfishness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Devotion to oneself Nouns 1. selfishness, self indulgence, self interest; egotism, egoism; vanity; nepotism; worldliness; egomania, megalomania; illiberality; meanness, parsimony. See malevolence. 2.… …

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  • 55illiberal — il|lib|e|ral [ıˈlıbərəl] adj formal 1.) not supporting people s rights to say or do what they want ≠ ↑liberal ▪ illiberal and undemocratic policies 2.) not generous >illiberally adv >illiberality [ıˌlıbəˈrælıti] n [U] …

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  • 56illiberal — adjective 1》 opposed to liberal principles. 2》 archaic ill bred or unrefined. Derivatives illiberality noun illiberally adverb …

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  • 57meanness — n. 1. Humbleness, lowness. 2. Smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poorness, rudeness. 3. Abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness. 4. Illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness,… …

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  • 58parsimony — n. Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness, closeness, miserliness, frugality, economy, illiberality, savingness …

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  • 59selfishness — n. Undue love of self, self interest, private interest, illiberality, meanness, self love …

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  • 60illiberal — adjective formal 1 not supporting freedom of expression or of personal behaviour: illiberal and undemocratic policies 2 not generous illiberally adverb illiberality noun (U) …

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