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
In my youth I had to contend with prejudice and illiberality; yet I was of a quiet temper, and easy to live with, and I never interfered with or pryed into other people's affairs.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Mary Somerville
Now vices that differ according to excess and deficiency are contrary to one another, as illiberality to wastefulness.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Not unfrequently the Huguenots were denied by the illiberality of their enemies every privilege to which they were entitled by the terms of the edict.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
It is hard to imagine any meanness or illiberality being generated in such a house.
From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various
