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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ne- + liberalism
1. : a movement or doctrine that attempts to modify the principles of classical liberalism in the light of 20th century conditions
2. : a modern movement in Protestant Christian theology that is critical of earlier 20th century liberalism while affirming many of its fundamental assumptions and that is held to have arisen as a reaction against the new supernaturalism and the conservative doctrines of neoorthodoxy