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neoliberal
[ nee-oh-lib-er-uhl, -lib-ruhl ]
adjective
- being or relating to a faction of the liberal political movement that strongly supports free-market capitalism as the means for societal and human progress:
The criticism of neoliberal policies among more left-leaning scholars has been going on for years.
noun
- a person who is politically liberal and strongly supports free-market capitalism as the means for societal and human progress:
She was a popular candidate with neoliberals.
Word History and Origins
Origin of neoliberal1
Example Sentences
With that we move from the managerial revolution and the cybernetic revolution — which tried to make sense of the managerial revolution — to the neoliberal revolution of the 1970s onward.
Indeed, Francis was noted for his criticism of neoliberal capitalism, which he argued was a driving cause of poverty and human suffering, not its resolution.
I want to return to New York in just a minute, but you've written, and you've mentioned here, that you think the neoliberal era of the Democratic Party needs to end.
Third, there is the global neoliberal angle: Those protesting Khalil’s detention see little distinction between citizen and noncitizen — as in John Lennon’s dystopian song “Imagine,” they envision a borderless world.
He is seen as this neoliberal, laissez-faire, "invisible hand" theorist, but that’s a caricature of the real Adam Smith.
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