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Illiberality

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The condition of being illiberal

n. An illiberal word or action

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The fact or quality of being illiberal or ungenerous; narrowness of mind; uncharitableness; meanness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money

Word Usage

"When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stinginess

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

meanness niggardliness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

stinginess narrow-mindedness niggardliness bitchiness inconsiderateness