3 ms·That's how Americans should also read the word liberal - it means much the same thing everywhere.by djrobstep 5y agoThat's how Americans should also read the word liberal - it means much the same thing everywhere.not2b 5y agoExcept that in America the word's meaning has shifted, to mean what a European would call a social democrat.djrobstep 5y agoNo, it really hasn't done that at all. American liberals are absolutely not social democrats.