illiberal
adjective
- not generous in giving; miserly; niggardly; stingy.
- Chiefly Literary.without culture or refinement; unscholarly; vulgar.
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biased, bigoted, greedy, mean, myopic, parsimonious, partial, prejudiced, stingy, ungenerous, vulgar, hideboundExamples from the Web for illiberal
Contemporary Examples of illiberal
Which was the right thing to be, after all, because communism is as illiberal as fascism.
The refugees and civilian leaders believe the illiberal rhetoric from their armed allies reflect fundraising, not ideology.
Prohibition (aka, the “war on drugs”) is an illiberal failure.
D.C. Needs a Grassroots Fix That Will Come When Left and Right Find Common GroundLawrence Lessig
February 9, 2014
These days, instead, we witness elections followed by majoritarian mob rule—what Fareed Zakaria has called “illiberal democracy.”
And this worldview clashes not only with the secular left and illiberal right in the government.
Historical Examples of illiberal
First, Harsh and illiberal conduct on the part of the Banks.
Trade and Travel in the Far EastG. F. Davidson
When I asked what made them illiberal, he answered, "It is because they are liberal."
Lectures on the French RevolutionJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
He is the expounder of Revolution in its compulsory and illiberal aspect.
Lectures on the French RevolutionJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Too illiberal, you think; and what would Mr. J. S. Mill say?
The Crown of Wild OliveJohn Ruskin
For friendship is noble and refined, whereas pleasure is vulgar and illiberal.
Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch