liberalizing
Making rules looser
Liberalizing is making something less restrictive or more open.
Governments liberalize trade policies, immigration rules, or social regulations: The country has been liberalizing its drug laws.
Economic liberalization typically means reducing state control in favor of market forces.
The word implies movement toward greater freedom or tolerance, though critics may see it as erosion of standards.
Willingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- diversityState of varied elements
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
egalitarianism · progressivism · open-mindedness · permissiveness · pluralism · multiculturalism · destigmatization · decriminalization
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- relaxationState of being unwound
- reformImprove by correcting faults
legislation · amendment · overhaul · restructuring · loosening · easing · opening · quotas
Unregulated private exchange
- privatizationState sells public assets
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- tradeExchange of commodities
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
competition · entrepreneurship · investment · deregulation · tariffs · subsidies · protectionism · austerity
Transition toward popular rule
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
sovereignty · representation · constitution · pluralism · glasnost · perestroika · suffrage · independence
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- diversityState of varied elements
secularism · egalitarianism · progressivism · open-mindedness · permissiveness · pluralism · multiculturalism · destigmatization · decriminalization · feminism
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- relaxationState of being unwound
reform · legislation · amendment · overhaul · restructuring · loosening · easing · opening · quotas · restrictions
free-market
Unregulated private exchange
- privatizationState sells public assets
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- tradeExchange of commodities
globalization · competition · entrepreneurship · investment · deregulation · tariffs · subsidies · protectionism · austerity · monetarism
democratization
Transition toward popular rule
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
self-governance · sovereignty · representation · constitution · pluralism · glasnost · perestroika · suffrage · independence · autonomy
liberalizingrestricting
Placing limits upon
tightening · constraining · controlling · cracking down · curtailing
liberalizingnationalizing
State acquisition of private assets
centralizing · collectivizing · socializing · state control · autarky
liberalizingcensoring
Removing objectionable content
banning · prohibiting · criminalizing · moralizing · repressing
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