Liberalism is characterized by a) the separation between church and state b) recognition of a royal family that holds little political power c) rejection of authoritarian form of government d) a balance of power between three branches of government

C.

Liberalism is a type of political viewpoint that believes we should have a government, but not a government that has total control. They think that government is a "necessary evil" which means that the people need to be governed, but it's easy for them to try to take too much power and become "authoritarian" (a type of government where people don't have a lot of freedoms and the government has all the power) which they do not want.