Liberalismo

“Thanks to digitization, we can now establish when the word “liberal” first took on a political meaning. For centuries it had had what scholars have called pre-political meanings, such as generous, tolerant, or suitable to one of noble or superior status—as in “liberal arts” and “liberal education.” But now using Google’s Ngram Viewer we can see what the word “liberal”—as an adjective—was used to modify. Up to 1769 the word was used only in pre-political ways, but in and aro...

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The Origin of 'Liberalism'

When Adam Smith and a group of fellow Scots first used the word in a political sense, it meant something very different than it does today.

theatlantic.com