paleoliberal

American  

[pey-lee-oh-lib-er-uhl, -lib-ruhl, pal-ee-oh-] / ˌpeɪ li oʊˈlɪb ər əl, -ˈlɪb rəl, ˈpæl i oʊ- /

noun

1. a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.

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adjective

1. noting or pertaining to such people or their views.

Other Word Forms

• paleoliberalism noun

Etymology

Origin of paleoliberal

First recorded in 1955–60; paleo- ( def. ) + liberal ( def. )

Example Sentences

Vox’s Matthew Yglesias said that Clinton’s policy agenda amounted to a rebuke of neoliberalism and indicated a “paleoliberal revival.”

From The New Yorker

“I am a paleoliberal, a supply-side infrastructuralist, a neomanifest destinarian, a numbers nut, a pro-natalist redistributionist capitalist,” he once wrote — “and still a hawk.”

From Washington Post