liberalizer

American  

[lib-ruh-lahyz-er, lib-er-uh-lahyz-er] / ˈlɪb rəˌlaɪz ər, ˈlɪb ər əˌlaɪz ər /

noun

plural

liberalizers

1. a person or thing that liberalizes.

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Example Sentences

A relative economic liberalizer, he would occasionally appear to contradict messaging from Xi, including over how to balance economic growth and coronavirus control.

From Washington Post

In 1984, Hu Yaobang, then general secretary of the Communist Party and a passionate liberalizer, suggested that his countrymen abandon chopsticks and communal eating in favor of Western-style individual dining practices to avoid contagious diseases.

From New York Times

The crown prince, who would like to be seen in the West as a liberalizer and modernizer, is also the architect of the four-and-a-half year war effort in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that has contributed to creating what the United Nations has called the world’s worst man-made humanitarian crisis.

From New York Times

“Kabila was the great liberalizer and friend of the Western lending institutions, and the first to hold legitimate elections in the Congo,” said Jason Stearns, director of New York University’s Congo Research Group.

From Washington Post

The latest trade liberalizer to recant is Tim Kaine, who said as recently as last Thursday that the Pacific Rim trade deal is “a significant improvement over the status quo,” only to declare his opposition after becoming Mrs. Clinton’s running mate.

From The Wall Street Journal