emancipationist

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuh-nist]

e·man·ci·pa·tion·ist

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuh-nist]
noun
a person who advocates emancipation, especially an advocate of the freeing of human beings from slavery.

Origin:
1815–25; emancipation + -ist
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Emancipationist has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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emancipation (ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən)
 
n
1.  the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation
2.  informal freedom from inhibition and convention
 
emanci'pationist
 
n

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