Thesaurus / illiberal

illiberal

How to use illiberal in a sentence

For example, the major parties on the right in Canada and Australia have not become as illiberal as their American counterpart.

A certain sum of money,—by no means illiberal as a present,—he had already extracted from the old man.

Later in life he visited Cordova, already in its decline through the illiberal government of the Almoravid dynasty.

He is cold, selfish and illiberal in his views, possessed of but little talent, and a physiognomy innocent of expression.

I said that it was highly illiberal to make personal attacks on Mr. Bentham before a friend who held him in high estimation.

BYRONRICHARD EDGCUMBE

Such were the positive orders of that illiberal and corrupt minister,—Mr. Henry Dundas.

The educational party insisted that any measure which did not embrace the University was scanty and illiberal.

It never occurred to them that it was just possible that their narrow, illiberal views were not shared by everybody!

GRAY YOUTHOLIVER ONIONS

She had spoken of her to her aunt, who had again shown herself deplorably illiberal and incisive.

GRAY YOUTHOLIVER ONIONS

The slaveholders were more illiberal than the Abolitionists.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985