antiliberalism

Opposition to liberalism

Antiliberalism is opposition to liberal political philosophy—whether classical liberalism's emphasis on individual rights and free markets, or modern liberalism's progressive social policies.

The term covers a broad range of positions: reactionary conservatives, authoritarians, and some leftists all qualify as antiliberal, though for different reasons.

Antiliberalism has gained intellectual respectability in some quarters.

ideology

conservatism

Preference for existing institutions

nationalism · neoconservatism · monarchism · theocracy · autocracy · oligarchy · fascism · corporatism · statism · communitarianism

attitudes

intolerance

Unwillingness to accept differences

xenophobia · nativism · ethnocentrism · sectarianism · narrow-mindedness · fundamentalism · orthodoxy · prejudice · parochialism · anti-secularism

traditionalism

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

conformity · piety · dogma · doctrine · monarchy · feudalism · nostalgia · clericalism · communitarianism · anti-secularism

critique

anti-capitalism

Opposition to market economies

anti-materialism · anti-elitism

tactics

censorship

Official content restriction

restriction · crackdown · persecution · propaganda · indoctrination · surveillance · repression · exclusion · marginalization · scapegoating

Opposites
political ideology

antiliberalismliberalism

Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance

classical liberalism · neoliberalism · libertarianism · progressivism · liberal democracy

stance toward liberal democratic values

antiliberalismtolerance

Willingness to accept difference

Family

liberal, liberty, classical liberalism, liberalism, illiberal, libertarian, libertine, liberality, neoliberal

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