liberalising
Relaxing government controls
Liberalising is the British spelling of liberalizing—the process of making laws, systems, or attitudes less restrictive.
Governments liberalise trade by reducing tariffs, or liberalise social policy by relaxing prohibitions: The country is liberalising its drug laws.
The term often appears in economic and political contexts where regulations are being loosened.
Reducing governmental oversight
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- reformImprove by correcting faults
dismantling · relaxation · easing · loosening · modernizing · updating · harmonizing
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
Willingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- civil-libertiesPersonal rights limiting government
equality · diversity · openness · acceptance · modernization · enlightenment · destigmatization · normalization
Transition toward popular rule
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
sovereignty · representation · participation · transparency · accountability · decentralization
deregulating
Reducing governmental oversight
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
reform · dismantling · relaxation · easing · loosening · modernizing · updating · harmonizing
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
civil-liberties · equality · diversity · openness · acceptance · modernization · enlightenment · destigmatization · normalization · mainstreaming
democratization
Transition toward popular rule
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
autonomy · sovereignty · representation · participation · transparency · accountability · decentralization
liberalisingrestricting
Placing limits upon
tightening · constraining · regulating · cracking down · controlling
liberalisingrestricting
Placing limits upon
censoring · suppressing · repressing · rolling back · retrenching
liberalisingnationalising
Converting to public ownership
protectionism · centralising · statism · state control · interventionism
liberal, liberty, liberate, liberation, liberally, liberalism, illiberal, libertarian, liberalize