自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)

じゆうしゅぎ
noun
liberalism
formalpoliticseconomics
1. liberalism
A political and economic philosophy that puts individual freedom first and limits the role of the state, in politics and in the market.
自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)の国(くに)。
A liberal country.
自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)経済(けいざい)を支持(しじ)する。
I support a free-market economy.
戦後(せんご)の日本(にほん)は自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)陣営(じんえい)の一員(いちいん)となった。
Postwar Japan became a member of the liberal (Western) bloc.

A formal word from politics, economics, and history. In Cold War contexts 自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)陣営(じんえい) or 自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)国(こく) meant the Western bloc, as opposed to the 社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ) or 共産主義(きょうさんしゅぎ) countries.

Common collocations

  • 自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)経済(けいざい): a free-market economy
  • 自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)陣営(じんえい): the liberal (Western) bloc
  • 新自由主義(しんじゆうしゅぎ): neoliberalism

Watch out

It does not carry the American sense of "left-leaning"; for that, リベラル is used.

Related Words

Compare: 資本主義(しほんしゅぎ) (capitalism)
Related: 社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ) (socialism)
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