liberal elite

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noun often derogatory

the group of people in a society who are considered as having a high level of education and liberal ideas

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Words nearby liberal elite

liberal, liberal arts, Liberal Democrat, Liberal Democrats, liberal education, liberal elite, Liberalia, liberalism, liberality, liberalize, Liberal Judaism

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Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
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To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.
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A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
The 100 Rich People Who Run America|Mark McKinnon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Liberal Democrats like to blow their bugles about how all the big money in politics comes from rich Republicans.
The 100 Rich People Who Run America|Mark McKinnon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The election of 1964 produced the most liberal Congress since the Democratic landslide of 1936.
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But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Then he suddenly went in for politics and announced himself an uncompromising Liberal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Joseph, with his liberal ideas, had attempted to free the people from clerical thraldom.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A woman with such capabilities would be wasted in the rle of a mere countess—but as the wife of an aspiring Liberal statesman!
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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