liberal ideal

collocation in English

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liberal
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/us
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/
respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs ...
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ideal
noun
uk
/aɪˈdɪəl/us
/aɪˈdiː.əl/
a principle or a way of behaving that is of a very ...
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(Definition ofliberalandidealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As aliberalideal, citizenship carries with it a universalizing impulse; but in practice, citizenship is inescapably associated with the state.
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Although no model perfectly achieves the politicallyliberalideal(in theory, let alone in practice!), each one may be appropriate for particular circumstances.
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Theliberalidealof free competition among a variety of sects and denominations was qualified by concern lest liberty degenerate into licence.
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And in what may only be portrayed as novel-like, theliberalidealalways managed to win.
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It has also taught them that an account of how liberal ideals are to be realized is dependent not on producing ever more subtle theoretical accounts of those ideals themselves.
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Nothing yet allows us to hope that the government intends to break with its planned and closed economic system, which is incompatible with the common market and its liberal ideals.
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The second part of the book focuses on the arguments women used in the civil courts and how liberal ideals of personal and civil rights emerged within that discourse.
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It was economic, political, and military factors, and other contingent factors, not the simple force of liberal ideals, that led to the liberalization of citizenship laws.
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It will be a long time before we can say that the leopard has changed his spots and that they are all converts to freedom, peace, democracy and liberal ideals.
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Liberal ideals were coming from the upper aristocracy and the middle classes.
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The old classical liberal ideals had lost their distinctiveness and appeal.
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Because of his liberal ideals, he suffered the pain of imprisonment.
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The writers often evince an appreciation for liberal ideals, but the show makes jokes across the political spectrum.
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Ironically, her flight has in part been inspired by liberal ideals of unconventionality that have been hypocrtically promoted by her stepmother's popular novels.
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He is praised as the embodiment of the liberal ideals of 1789, but he had few eulogies.
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It is no surprise that this conflicts with liberal ideals of individual liberty, and with liberal-democratic principles.
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