liberal vs rebel

liberal

noun
  • Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology. 

  • A supporter of any of several liberal parties. 

  • One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian). 

  • One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). 

adj
  • Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive. 

  • Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly. 

  • Ample, abundant; generous in quantity. 

  • Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism. 

  • Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training. 

rebel

noun
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently. 

  • Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier. 

verb
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority. 

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