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Definition of Illiberality
1. Noun. A disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money.
Definition of Illiberality
1. n. The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.
Definition of Illiberality
1. Noun. The condition of being illiberal ¹
2. Noun. An illiberal word or action ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illiberality
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Illiberality
Literary usage of Illiberality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1881)
"... Colonel Carrington — illiberality and Injustice of his Accusations — Character
of Mr. Madison's Mind, and its Superiority to Narrow Party Passions, ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1873)
"Between orthodoxy and so discordant, not to say so delusive, a scheme, therefore,
an impossibility of co-operation is no proscription or illiberality. ..."
3. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"... he returneth home to his house; reporting to his wife, that all things have
succeeded beyond expectation. OF illiberality OR SERVILITY Complete. ..."
4. Christian Missions: Their Agents, and Their Results by Thomas William M. Marshall (1864)
"There is one form of illiberality in the Church missionaries," says a member of
the Legislative Council of that colony, in 1845, " which has, in an especial ..."
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