Liberalism vs. Constructivism — What's the Difference?

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), democracy, secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and a market economy.

A style or movement in which assorted mechanical objects are combined into abstract mobile structural forms. The movement originated in Russia in the 1920s and has influenced many aspects of modern architecture and design.

The state or quality of being liberal.

A view which admits as valid only constructive proofs and entities demonstrable by them, implying that the latter have no independent existence.

A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.

A movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 and characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects.

Often Liberalism The tenets or policies of a Liberal party.

(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.

An economic theory in favor of laissez-faire, the free market, and the gold standard.

(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.

A 19th-century Protestant movement that favored free intellectual inquiry, stressed the ethical and humanitarian content of Christianity, and de-emphasized dogmatic theology.

A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.

A 19th-century Roman Catholic movement that favored political democracy and ecclesiastical reform but was theologically orthodox.

An abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects

The quality of being liberal.

(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.

(economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

A political orientation that favors progress and reform

An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard