adj. restrictive to individual choice and freedom; authoritarian.
adj. narrow-minded; bigoted
adj. ungenerous, stingy
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
adj. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
adj. Not well authorized or elegant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not liberal; ignoble.
Not catholic; of narrow or prejudiced opinions or judgment.
Not manifesting or not promoting high culture; contracted; vulgar; coarse.
Not elegant: as, illiberal Latin.
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adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions
Word Usage
"Shortly thereafter i was expelled from the party on the gounds thattraditional liberal principles are now redefined as "illiberal" - or alternately that the party can no longer honestly be called Liberal."