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liberalization

ˌlɪˌbərəlɪˈzeɪʃən
WordNet
Queen Wilhelmina, shortly after the liberation, shakes hands with a little girl. Around her are MPs and a mayor and a few women.
Queen Wilhelmina, shortly after the liberation, shakes hands with a little girl. Around her are MPs and a mayor and a few women.
  1. (n) liberalization
    the act of making less strict
Illustrations
A seven-year-old girl in a Japanese internment camp in Makassar after the liberation. 10,000 women and children stayed in this camp.
A seven-year-old girl in a Japanese internment camp in Makassar after the liberation. 10,000 women and children stayed in this camp.
Fish market, the Pasar Ikan, in Batavia, shortly after the liberation.
Fish market, the Pasar Ikan, in Batavia, shortly after the liberation.
The Sabine virgins after their liberation. A stream of men and women runs to the right.
The Sabine virgins after their liberation. A stream of men and women runs to the right.
Third decorated scaffold with stage: the prince liberates the virtues of Love, Reason, Peace and Justice from captivity. Part of the entry of William of Orange in Brussels, September 18, 1577.
Third decorated scaffold with stage: the prince liberates the virtues of Love, Reason, Peace and Justice from captivity. Part of the entry of William of Orange in Brussels, September 18, 1577.
Brooch made on the occasion of the liberation of the Netherlands on 5 May 1945. The wooden brooch is painted with 2 crossed flagpoles, with an orange flag on the left and the red white blue flag on the right. The paint of the orange flag has partially peeled off. At the top, between the flag poles, a V is painted in orange, referring to the word freedom. Green at the bottom suggests vegetation, possibly as a symbol for a new beginning. On the back is a simple pin and the date May 5, 1945 in ink.
Brooch made on the occasion of the liberation of the Netherlands on 5 May 1945. The wooden brooch is painted with 2 crossed flagpoles, with an orange flag on the left and the red white blue flag on the right. The paint of the orange flag has partially peeled off. At the top, between the flag poles, a V is painted in orange, referring to the word freedom. Green at the bottom suggests vegetation, possibly as a symbol for a new beginning. On the back is a simple pin and the date May 5, 1945 in ink.
Minerva takes painting (Pictura) by the hand and points out her place among the seven liberal arts. A putto flies above the seven liberal arts with palm branch and laurel wreath.
Minerva takes painting (Pictura) by the hand and points out her place among the seven liberal arts. A putto flies above the seven liberal arts with palm branch and laurel wreath.
Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with allegorical representation of Rhetorica, one of the liberal arts. She is presented here as a young woman sitting in a lazy chair and listening to a speech by a young man. The window is set in a 19th-century glass frame. This frame shows men's heads in the four corners.
Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with allegorical representation of Rhetorica, one of the liberal arts. She is presented here as a young woman sitting in a lazy chair and listening to a speech by a young man. The window is set in a 19th-century glass frame. This frame shows men's heads in the four corners.
Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with an allegorical representation of Arithmetic, one of the liberal arts. She is depicted here as a young woman sitting on a chair and calculating on a writing table, while three elderly men are busy counting coins and checking bills. The window is set in a 19th-century glass frame. This frame shows lion heads in the four corners.
Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with an allegorical representation of Arithmetic, one of the liberal arts. She is depicted here as a young woman sitting on a chair and calculating on a writing table, while three elderly men are busy counting coins and checking bills. The window is set in a 19th-century glass frame. This frame shows lion heads in the four corners.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The football huddle started at Gallaudet University (the world's only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the deaf) in the 19th century when the football team found that opposing teams were reading their signed messages and intercepting their plays.
  1. Liberalization
    The act of liberalizing; the act of making less strict.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
When Swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. As the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the cheese leaving holes. Cheese-makers call them "eyes."
  1. (n) liberalization
    The act or process of liberalizing or making liberal. Also spelled liberalisation.
Quotations
Benito Mussolini
The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.
Benito Mussolini
A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.
Gregory Nunn
A liberal is a power worshipper without the power.
George Orwell
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
Lionel Trilling
A liberal is a socialist with a wife and two children.
Source Unknown
Angela Y. Davis
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
Angela Y. Davis
Usage in the news

Former Wisconsin Gov Tommy Thompson needs to start making this race about Rep Tammy Baldwn's liberal record in Washington. online.wsj.com

As liberal bastion , and San Fernando Valley, too, reflects shift to left. pasadenastarnews.com

Voters in Los Angeles proved far more liberal than the rest of the state in Tuesday's election, supporting President Barack Obama and a statewide tax in overwhelming numbers, according to new exit polling and registrar data. pasadenastarnews.com

A Switch in Bastion of Liberalism: Not Many Protesting Sex Zoning. nytimes.com

Why Liberals Don't Get the Tea Party Movement. online.wsj.com

It's the flood of unknowns into the Liberal leadership race that has people thinking anew. thestar.com

Couch potato es, your liberation is at hand. money.cnn.com

Supporters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front celebrate International Workers Day, April 30, 2010. globalpost.com

David Mamet 's rant against liberalism. economist.com

Working with liberals in Congress, he increased it. sungazette.com

Robert L Ehrlich Jr.outrageously distorts the views of liberals on all the issues he addresses and repeats the rhetoric rather than the reality of the right wing's positions. baltimoresun.com

As I wrote earlier this week, given the depth of his political involvement on behalf of Republican candidates it's hardly surprising to find that casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is in the crosshairs of the liberal media these days. commentarymagazine.com

Clifford Russell is a conservative and a Republican who lives in Forest and has been maligned in the big, bad, national liberal media. roanoke.com

Far left loon Desmund Tutu called for the trial of George W Bush and Tony Blair for liberating Iraq from the Saddam Hussein regime… 9 Years ago. humanevents.com

This outbreak sent mosquito control into hyperdrive, and the local Department of Health launched massive education campaigns that urged residents to dump any standing water and use bug spray liberally. browardpalmbeach.com

Usage in scientific papers

They indicate that AP I can provide a reasonable, data-adaptive significance threshold that balances the amounts of false positive and false negative errors: it is reasonably conservative in the high π0 and high noise (hence low power) cases, and is reasonably liberal in the relatively low π0 and low noise cases.
An adaptive significance threshold criterion for massive multiple hypotheses testing

Fig. 1 shows the total energy liberated after collision at RHIC energy.
Initial Parton Distribution just after Heavy Ion Collisions

Fig. 2 shows the total energy liberated at LHC which has 1140 TeV available CM energy.
Initial Parton Distribution just after Heavy Ion Collisions

We can use our algorithm to check whether the test is conservative or liberal.
Sequential Implementation of Monte Carlo Tests with Uniformly Bounded Resampling Risk

Hence, the test based on the asymptotic distribution seems to be liberal.
Sequential Implementation of Monte Carlo Tests with Uniformly Bounded Resampling Risk

Usage in literature

It requires a liberal policy to call forth liberal views and action. "History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China" by J. V. N. Talmage

And they called her Madam Liberality, so Madam Liberality she shall remain. "A Great Emergency and Other Tales" by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

The wife of a liberal greengrocer has just been seen with the Griggles ribbons in her cap. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete" by Various

Perhaps an even more striking example was the great work of Dr. Nansen in liberating the prisoners of war who were in Russia. "Essays in Liberalism" by Various

They will tie her in that and liberate a tiger. "The Adventures of Kathlyn" by Harold MacGrath

This threat of renewed aggression had the effect of increasing the liberality of the Portuguese terms. "South America" by W. H. Koebel

I cannot even tell in this country at the next election how large the Liberal majority will be. "Liberalism and the Social Problem" by Winston Spencer Churchill

But Liberal is Liberal, and Conservative is Conservative. "Phineas Redux" by Anthony Trollope

In 1832 it was sold to the Liberal party. "Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men" by E. Edwards

The Democrats made no nominations, but supported the Liberal nominees. "The Life of Lyman Trumbull" by Horace White

Usage in poetry
I remember how the Spring,
Liberal-lapped, bewildered its
Acred orchards, murmuring,
Kissed to blossom; budded bits
Where the wood-thrush came to sing.
"The Old Farm" by Madison Julius Cawein Author object (456)
We miss her when the liberal hand
Relieves a thirsting soil,
And when the Blessed Church demands
Assistance for the mission bands
That on her frontier toil.
"Miss Elizabeth Brinley," by Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Author object (455)
For this Liberal diet
Has filled him right out;
He has grown very quiet,
Exceedingly stout,
And he's taken a nap after dinner,
And has slept the session quite out.
"The Over-Fed Fuse" by C J Dennis Author object (84)
Ah, goddess! would thou couldst thy hand withhold
And be less liberal to gold;
Didst thou less value to it give,
Of how much care, alas! mightst thou poor man relieve!
"Hymn. To Light" by Abraham Cowley Author object (5)
In Earlham's bowers, in Plashet's liberal hall,
In the great city's restless crowd and din,
Her ear was open to the Master's call,
And knew the summons of His voice within.
"The Two Elizabeths" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
"Touched" by Maya Angelou