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Fight a liberal belief in outdated political system (9)

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I believe the answer is:

feudalism

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'outdated political system' is the definition.
'feudalism' can be an answer for 'system' (feudalism is a kind of system). I'm unsure of the 'outdated political' bit.

'fight a liberal belief' is the wordplay.
'fight' becomes 'feud' (feuding is a kind of fighting).
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'belief' becomes 'ism' (the -ism suffix in the names of belief systems).
'feud'+'a'+'l'+'ism'='FEUDALISM'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for feudalism that I've seen before include "System of lords and vassals" , "System of holding land under owners in middle ages" , "Middle Ages system of holding land by giving service to owner" , "Medieval social system" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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