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“Liberalize” or “Liberalise”

Liberalize is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while liberalise is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “liberalize” and 3 prefer “liberalise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country liberalize liberalise Preference
United States 95 5 “liberalize”
United Kingdom 25 75 “liberalise”
India 23 77 “liberalise”
Philippines 100 0 “liberalize”
Canada 100 0 “liberalize”
Australia 0 100 “liberalise”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 0 Not enough data
New Zealand 0 0 Not enough data
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“liberalize”

  • …Polish agriculture, and permission to liberalize policy towards the Roman Catholic
  • The movement to liberalize Canada's abortion laws began in…
  • …Michelangelo Cerruti, who sought to liberalize the control over artistic production…
  • …efforts the group makes to liberalize their culture.
  • …parties conclude in order to liberalize and facilitate trade among themselves.
  • …energy, he brought legislation to liberalize the energy market; oversaw a…
  • …War II; he began to liberalize admissions after the war.
  • …Monetary Fund advised Nigeria to liberalize the sector because the marketing…
  • …the view that states first liberalize trade to join the GATT/WTO.
  • …landowners, had consistently failed to liberalize the constitution by extending the…

“liberalise”

  • Intending to liberalise Cambodia's economy, a set of…
  • …after India was forced to liberalise under one of the conditions…
  • …Indian cities have continued to liberalise, but excessive and burdensome business…
  • …persuading the Tsarist regime to liberalise itself, and with an even…
  • …privatize most industries and to liberalise and decentralise the economy.
  • …Fine Gael–Labour Party government to liberalise the sale of contraceptives.
  • March – Poland begins to liberalise its currency exchange in a…
  • …out of a drive to liberalise Oxford which gained momentum in…
  • …large socialist countries attempting to liberalise their economies, but while China's…
  • The Government will liberalise Approved Permits (Aps) for eight…

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