illiberal
adjective
[ ɪˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)l ]
• opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.
Similar:
intolerant,
narrow-minded,
unenlightened,
puritanical,
fundamentalist,
reactionary,
alt-right,
conservative,
hidebound,
undemocratic,
anti-democratic,
authoritarian,
strict,
repressive,
totalitarian,
despotic,
tyrannical,
draconian,
oppressive,
fascist,
• uncultured or unrefined.
• not generous; mean.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘vulgar, ill-bred’): from French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis ‘mean, sordid’, from in- ‘not’ + liberalis (see liberal).
