liberation
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əˈreɪ noun
1.
the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
2.
the act or fact of gaining equal rights or full social or economic opportunities for a particular group.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a liberating or being liberated |
| 2. | the seeking of equal status or just treatment for or on behalf of any group believed to be discriminated against: women's liberation; animal liberation |
| liber'ationist | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
liberation
mid-15c.; see liberate. liberation theology (1969) translates Sp. teologia de la liberación, coined 1968 by Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez.
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Example sentences
It legitimized the idea that liberation comes with chaos rather than with freedom and a better life.
One story line demonstrates the punishing consequences of repression, the other the punishing consequences of liberation.
No liberation of the spirit, you feel, is likely to happen to these characters.
Speaking of which, even the self-actualized may not be able to afford the heady liberation of divorce.
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