liberation
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See also: libération
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: li‧ber‧a‧tion
Noun
liberation (countable and uncountable, plural liberations)
- The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.
- 1995, Julius Evola, “The Two Paths in the Afterlife”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 50:
- People saw in the elders, who were closer to death, the manifestation of the divine force that was thought to achieve its full liberation at death.
- (euphemistic or ironic) Synonym of conquest or theft.
- As the activists congratulated themselves on the liberation of most of the farm's chickens, the first batch of roadkill was created on the nearby interstate.
- (politics) The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
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act of liberating or the state of being liberated
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achievement of equal rights and status
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References
- “liberation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- liberation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "liberation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 181.
- “liberation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “liberation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.