How to say "liberalism" in Japanese

• リベラリズムCommon
  nounThe loanword from English, used chiefly when discussing liberalism as a Western school of political thought; it carries a theoretical, imported flavor and is at home in philosophy and intellectual history.
• 自由主義じゆうしゅぎCommon
  nounBuilt from the words for 'freedom' and '-ism', this is the general term for liberalism as a political ideology or stance that puts individual freedom first, in news, debate, and translations.

Both words mean liberalism as a political ideology; 「リベラリズム」 is the Western loanword used especially in discussing Western thought, while 自由主義, literally 'freedom-ism', is the general term in political discussion.

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• リベラリズムliberalism
• 自由主義じゆうしゅぎliberalism