liberalize

English

Alternative forms

• liberalise

Etymology

From liberal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbəɹəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

liberalize (third-person singular simple present liberalizes, present participle liberalizing, simple past and past participle liberalized)

1. (transitive) to make liberal, free.
2. (intransitive) to become liberal, free.

Derived terms

• liberalization
• liberalizer
• unliberalized

Translations

to make liberal

Armenian: ազատականացնել (hy) (azatakanacʻnel) Belarusian: лібералізава́ць impf or pf (libjeralizavácʹ) Catalan: liberalitzar (ca) Dutch: liberaliseren (nl) Finnish: vapauttaa (fi) French: libéraliser (fr) German: liberalisieren (de) Italian: liberalizzare (it) Piedmontese: liberalisé Polish: liberalizować (pl) Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ), либерализова́ть (ru) (liberalizovátʹ) Ukrainian: лібералізува́ти impf or pf (liberalizuváty)

to become liberal

Armenian: ազատականանալ (azatakananal) Finnish: vapautua (fi) French: se libéraliser Russian: де́латься либера́льным impf (délatʹsja liberálʹnym)