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archliberal

American

[ahrch-lib-er-uhl, ‑-lib-ruhl] / ˈɑrtʃˈlɪb ər əl, ‑ˈlɪb rəl /

adjective

extremely liberal, especially in political thinking.

noun

a person who holds extremely liberal views.

Etymology

Origin of archliberal

First recorded in 1915–20; arch- ¹ ( def. ) + liberal ( def. )

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He helped found the archliberal California Democratic Council in 1953, then won the controller's job in the state's 1958 Democratic landslide.

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No, it was nothing new last week when Republican Senator Orrin Hatch joined forces with archliberal Edward Kennedy to introduce a piece of legislation.

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A speech by erstwhile arch-reactionary Cain last month was inserted in the Congressional Record by erstwhile archliberal Senator Hubert Humphrey.

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