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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesउदारवादी
Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: udāravādī
"रूढ़िवादी राजनेता अक्सर ऐसे उदारवादियों की आलोचना करते हैं।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A derogatory term for a person regarded as exhibiting excessive, unpragmatic sympathy for social or political causes.
"Critics dismissed his welfare reform proposals as the idealistic daydreaming of a bleeding-heart liberal."
- 1
Characterized by or expressing excessive, sentimental sympathy for the disadvantaged or politically marginalized.
"She rejected the bleeding-heart liberal approach to crime, favoring stricter enforcement and harsher penalties instead."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'bleeding heart'—originating in the mid-20th century to criticize excessive or ostentatious sympathy for the less fortunate—with 'liberal,' denoting a political philosophy centered on social progress and government intervention. It emerged primarily in American political discourse during the 1930s and 1940s, often used pejoratively by conservatives to characterize left-leaning individuals as overly emotional rather than pragmatic.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bleeding-heart liberal" is said worldwide
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cœur d'artichaut
Transliteration: kuʁ daʁ.ti.ʃo
"Il est souvent perçu comme un politicien trop sentimental par ses adversaires."
Gutmensch
Transliteration: ˈɡuːtˌmɛnʃ
"Konservative Kritiker warfen ihm vor, ein naiver Gutmensch zu sein."
buonista
Transliteration: bwoˈnista
"Il suo approccio buonista alla gestione dell'immigrazione è stato aspramente criticato."
progre
Transliteration: ˈpɾo.ɡɾe
"La derecha política suele utilizar ese término para burlarse de los activistas sociales."
esquerdinha caviar
Transliteration: iʃ.keɾˈdi.ɲɐ ka.viˈaɾ
"Ele foi rotulado de socialista utópico por causa de suas propostas idealistas."
उदारवादी
Transliteration: udāravādī
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"रूढ़िवादी राजनेता अक्सर ऐसे उदारवादियों की आलोचना करते हैं।"
白左
Transliteration: bái zuǒ
Script: 中文汉字
"这个词常被保守派用来批评那些过于理想主义的人。"
감성팔이 진보주의자
Transliteration: gamseongpari jinbojuuija
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 비평가는 그 정책을 감성적인 진보주의자의 환상이라고 불렀다."
お人好しリベラル
Transliteration: ohitoshi riberaru
Script: 日本語
"彼はしばしばナイーブなお人好しリベラルとして片付けられる。"
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