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LIBERALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

• LIBERALIZE (verb)
The verb LIBERALIZE has 2 senses:

1. make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
2. become more liberal

Familiarity information: LIBERALIZE used as a verb is rare.

• LIBERALIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

liberalize; liberalise

Hypernyms (to "liberalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liberalize"):

decontrol (relax or remove controls of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Become more liberal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

liberalise; liberalize

Context example:

The laws liberalized after Prohibition

Hypernyms (to "liberalize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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(English proverb)
"Who pats the chicken, eats the egg."
(Albanian proverb)
"Fight poison with poison."
(Chinese proverb)
"If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them."
(Corsican proverb)

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