Advertisement

Advertisement

paleoliberal

[ pey-lee-oh-lib-er-uhl, -lib-ruhlor, especially British, pal-ee-oh- ]

noun

  1. a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.


adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to such people or their views.
Discover More

Other Words From

  • pale·o·liber·al·ism noun
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of paleoliberal1

First recorded in 1955–60; paleo- ( def ) + liberal ( def )
Discover More

Example Sentences

The Times’ David Brooks also thinks Clinton is “best viewed… as a new paleoliberal.”

From Salon

Clinton is no “paleoliberal,” a more than faintly pejorative label liberals would do well to challenge.

From Salon

Vox’s Matthew Yglesias said that Clinton’s policy agenda amounted to a rebuke of neoliberalism and indicated a “paleoliberal revival.”

“I am a paleoliberal, a supply-side infrastructuralist, a neomanifest destinarian, a numbers nut, a pro-natalist redistributionist capitalist,” he once wrote — “and still a hawk.”

Republicans are already sounding the alarms, portraying Gephardt and his "radical roster" of paleoliberal committee chairmen in the grimmest terms.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Paleo-Indianpaleolimnology