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neoliberal

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for neoliberal.

Editorial note

I conjecture that the underlying ideology is neoliberal rationality and sketched what that means.

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Quick take

(often derogatory) A person who subscribes to neoliberalism.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of neoliberal gathered in one view.

noun

(often derogatory) A person who subscribes to neoliberalism.

adjective

(often derogatory) In accordance with, or subscribing to, neoliberalism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for neoliberal.

noun

(often derogatory) A person who subscribes to neoliberalism.

adjective

(often derogatory) In accordance with, or subscribing to, neoliberalism.

Example sentences

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I conjecture that the underlying ideology is neoliberal rationality and sketched what that means.

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Would that not be against the interests of the US neoliberal elite, who in turn have enormous influence on the USG?

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Hate to say it but the Nordics are in the midst of dismantling their system, because neoliberal doctrine considers it inefficient.

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But yes, we should all listen to the wise neoliberal policymakers, including the humble Herr Schäuble.

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This is a world in which the neoliberal ethic of intense possessive individualism and financial opportunism has become the template for human personality socialisation.

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Instead they forced Greece into following some neoliberal fairytale where sharp cuts to government spending were supposed to magically provide instant prosperity because it showed confidence.

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We have bred a neoliberal monoculture, and we'll be fucked when that proves to be brittle and we have no alternative models being practiced.

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We can thank the business community for destroying our unions for that, and neoliberal economists for providing a plausible sounding rationale for why it was in our best interests.

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> keeps us within the fences of the neoliberal capitalist paradigm That's because the original practices and teachings have been adulterated and heavily re-contextualized.

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Joseph Stiglitz, as chief economist of the World Bank, wrote a book on the matter on how the IMF's neoliberal policies of privatization functioned as a mechanism to give away national sovereignty and political power.

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Do you think the French are governed by a government with actual autonomy to go wherever the people wish to be led, or just pretend autonomy within a narrow range of bouncing a little to the left or right within the neoliberal framework?

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If basic human social psychology coupled with policies informed by neoliberal market fundamentalism prevent us from addressing climate change, then we will either need to do something about basic human psychology or we will need to do something about neoliberalism.

Quote examples

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The left, such as it is, views the "sharing economy" as the newest innovation in neoliberal capitalist divide-and-rule subjugation.

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This kind of narrow "crush anything that isn't neoliberal capitalism" paranoia is going to make the the crunch even more painful when disemployment really comes into play.

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Neoliberal "social democratic" and neoliberal "conservative" parties basically just pass the governance ball back-and-forth in accordance with whose base will be more or less alienated by what the elite's Very Serious People decree will be passed this time.

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It's really about time people came to realise the World Bank/IMF neoliberal "free trade" globalisation experiment really only works to enrich western asset holders at the expense of the rest of the world through debt bondage.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use neoliberal in a sentence?

I conjecture that the underlying ideology is neoliberal rationality and sketched what that means.

What does neoliberal mean?

(often derogatory) A person who subscribes to neoliberalism.

What part of speech is neoliberal?

neoliberal is commonly used as noun, adjective.