A portmanteau of 'millennial' and 'liberal,' used informally — sometimes affectionately, sometimes dismissively — to describe a politically progressive millennial.
A portmanteau of 'millennial' and 'liberal,' used informally — sometimes affectionately, sometimes dismissively — to describe a politically progressive millennial. The term packs a double stereotype into six syllables: the avocado-toast-eating generational identity of millennials combined with left-leaning political views. Depending on who's saying it, a milliberal is either someone fighting for a better world or someone who just needs to get a real job and stop complaining.
His dad called him a milliberal every time he mentioned student loan forgiveness at the dinner table.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(US, slang, politics, derogatory) Pejorative for liberal, as considered particularly prone to lying.
(US, slang, politics, derogatory) Pejorative for liberal, as above.
(US, derogatory, US politics) a liberal-leaning Asian American with politics or attitudes considered too tepid or whitewashed by other Asian Americans, stereotyped as focusing on superficial gestures over more meaningful actions especially in regards to Asian American activism.
Liberalish describes someone whose political views lean liberal but aren't fully committed to the whole package — they agree with some progressive positions while holding back on others, or they identify loosely with the left without the full ideological investment. The '-ish' suffix does real work here, softening the label into something more tentative and self-aware. It's the kind of term someone might use to describe themselves when they don't want to be pigeonholed, or to describe a centrist friend whose politics are hard to pin down.
(US, informal) A liberal millennial.