liberal education

American  

noun

1. an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.

2. wide experience and education.

   Foreign travel gave him a liberal education.

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Example Sentences

In that sense, “The Rise and Fall of Rational Control” is an exercise in the liberal education that was already threatened when Mr. Mansfield began teaching History of Modern Political Philosophy in the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Mr. Soros, a Hungarian Jew, survived the Holocaust, fled communism and became one of the single largest funders of democracy promotion, anti-Communism and liberal education around the globe.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

“I don’t think you can have a classical liberal education, for example, without grappling with Marx,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2023

Hill and his backers insinuated themselves into liberal education in ways that prompt two cautionary lessons.

From Salon • May 8, 2021

He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin