not allowing much freedom of opinion or action synonym intolerant不容言论(或行动)自由的;不开明的 illiberal policies 限制言行自由的政策
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘vulgar, ill-bred’): from French illibéral, from Latin illiberalis ‘mean, sordid’, from in- ‘not’ + liberalis (from liber ‘free (man)’).