Liberal

Liberal may refer to:

Politics

 * Liberalism
 * Classical liberalism
 * Conservative liberalism
 * Economic liberalism
 * Social liberalism

Australia

 * The Liberal Party of Australia, a center-right-wing conservative party

Canada

 * The Liberal Party of Canada, a center-left-wing party

United Kingdom
"Liberal" in the United Kingdom is customarily used to describe political beliefs in the classical liberal tradition of the old Liberal Party, rooted in a belief in freedom of the individual. It is also used as a short hand to describe policies of the modern Liberal Democrats.
 * Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party (UK) which developed from the Whig (British political party)
 * Liberal Party (UK, 1989), The party that was formed in 1989 following the formation of the Liberal Democrats
 * European liberalism, liberalism in Europe

United States

 * Modern liberalism in the United States
 * Progressivism in the United States, a political ideology of reform, often associated with left-leaning movements

Other uses in politics

 * Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule
 * Liberal Democratic Party, a common name for political parties around the globe
 * Liberal Party, a list of parties worldwide using this common name. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom.
 * Liberalism in Russia
 * Liberalism worldwide, liberal parties around the world

Economics

 * Laissez-faire
 * Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
 * Ordoliberalism

Place names

 * United States
 * Liberal, Kansas
 * Liberal, Missouri
 * Liberal, Oregon

Other uses

 * Liberal religion
 * Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), a religious outlook
 * Liberal Christianity, a religious outlook
 * Liberal Islam, a religious outlook
 * Liberal arts
 * El Liberal, a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
 * Liberalism (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises