liberal vs armchair liberal

armchair liberal vs liberal

liberal and armchair liberal both are nouns.

liberal is an adjective but armchair liberal is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liberal	Yes	Yes	No	No
armchair liberal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, armchair liberal is a hyponym of liberal; that is, armchair liberal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than liberal:

liberal: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
armchair liberal: a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them

Other hyponyms of liberal include latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist, Whig, libtard.

liberal (noun)	armchair liberal (noun)
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties	a person of liberal ideals who takes no action to realize them
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

liberal (adjective)	armchair liberal (adjective)
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
given or giving freely
not literal
having political or social views favoring reform and progress

Difference between liberal and armchair liberal

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