liberalised
Loosened the restrictions
Liberalised is the British spelling of liberalized, the past tense of liberalize.
To liberalize is to make less restrictive or more open, typically referring to laws, regulations, or social attitudes: The government liberalised trade policies in the 1990s.
Economic liberalisation usually means reducing state control in favor of market forces.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
competition · antitrust · self-regulation · nonintervention · globalization · entrepreneurship · efficiency · autonomy
Free of stress
- loosenedMade less tight
- softenedMade less severe
- lenientTolerant of faults
- permissiveTolerant, lacking strictness
unrestricted · tolerant · flexible · nonrestrictive · accommodating · streamlined · simplified · unshackled
Increased in extent
- widenedMade more broad
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- enlargedIncreased in size
- openedMade no longer closed
increased · augmented · enhanced · diversified · grown · amplified · deepened · multiplied
Taxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- protectionismShielding local producers
- WTOGlobal commerce regulator
GATT · commerce · cross-border · duty-free · most-favored-nation
Improve by correcting faults
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
pluralism · equality · civil-liberties · inclusivity · enlightenment · emancipation · enfranchisement · egalitarianism
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
decontrol · competition · antitrust · self-regulation · nonintervention · globalization · entrepreneurship · efficiency · autonomy · flexibility
relaxed
Free of stress
permissive · unrestricted · tolerant · flexible · nonrestrictive · accommodating · streamlined · simplified · unshackled · unburdened
broadened
Increased in extent
opened · increased · augmented · enhanced · diversified · grown · amplified · deepened · multiplied · proliferated
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- quotasMandated numerical limits
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- protectionismShielding local producers
WTO · GATT · commerce · cross-border · duty-free · most-favored-nation
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
tolerance · pluralism · equality · civil-liberties · inclusivity · enlightenment · emancipation · enfranchisement · egalitarianism · freethinking
liberalisedrestricted
Limited in scope
tightened · regulated · constrained · controlled · curtailed
liberalisedprotectionist
Favors limiting foreign trade
nationalised · centralised · state-controlled · collectivised · closed
- classical liberalismDoctrine of minimal governance
- political liberalismPhilosophy prioritizing civil freedoms
classical liberalism, liberalism, liberalise, liberalising, liberalisation, neoliberalism, illiberalism