illiberal
adjective
narrowminded; bigoted.
illiberality
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a word derived from
illiberal.
Example Sentences
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Garlic to Mr. Porter, the man, for his astounding, frenetic hedonism and illiberality .
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the extremes, prodigality is more curable than illiberality.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
Against everything like injustice or illiberality, his protest was eager, but he was willing to leave polemics to others; what he said was in the strain of faith in larger and more inclusive beliefs.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Indeed, my dear, the remark altogether savours more of the envy and illiberality of one jealous of his talents than the frankness and candour characteristic of my Isobel.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
Yet it would not be fair to echo the commonplace invectives against the Cardinal for illiberality and ingratitude.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
