From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishliberal educationliberal educationSEa kind of education which encourages you to develop a large range of interests and knowledge and respect for other people’s opinions → liberal
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liberal education• But Newman was right to warn of the utilitarian threat to liberal education.• Can society afford the luxury of providing young children with the beginnings of a liberal education?• There are vocational arguments for traditional liberal education.• He has received the advantage of a liberal education, and possesses a very extensive degree of legal knowledge.• But pure liberal education exists to civilise its beneficiaries rather than to fit them for employment.• The second thing that some universities do is provide liberal education for its own sake. 