engherzig — meaning in English

English meaning

• illiberal adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
• narrow adj Having a small width compared to length; not wide.

Senses

engherzig is used for these senses in English:

• hidebound (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
• illiberal Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
• narrow Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

illiberal — full definition

1. adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
2. adj Narrow-minded; bigoted.
3. adj Ungenerous, stingy.
4. adj Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism.

narrow — full definition

1. adj Having a small width compared to length; not wide.
2. verb To make or become smaller in width or scope.
3. noun A narrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies.

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