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   Lib·er·a·tion

   /ˌlibəˈrāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release: "the liberation of all political prisoners" Similar freeingreleasedischargedeliverancesalvationrescuereliefextricationsetting freeloosingunloosingunshacklingunfetteringunchaininguntyingunbindingfreedomlibertyemancipationransomlaissez-allerhistorical:manumissionrare:disenthrallmentfreedomequalityequal rightsnondiscriminationemancipationenfranchisementindependenceOpposite confinementslaverysubjugationoppression
   • ▪ freedom from limits on thought or behavior: "the struggle for women's liberation"

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   • 1. liberationist noun

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   What does Liberation mean?

   • The liberation of a place or the people in it means the freeing of them from the political or military control of another country, area, or group of people. ...the desire for national liberation. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries. What is this an image of?

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   What is philosophy of liberation?

   • Philosophy of Liberation is the collective name for a philosophical movement and method of doing philosophy that emerged at first in Argentina during the late sixties, but that went on to spread throughout Latin American during the early seventies.

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   What is liberation & why is it important?

   • Liberation is also the cessation of ignorance and the elimination of the three poisons in and through which ignorance is expressed and perpetuated. Action, karma, craving, and ignorance are all crucial links in a complex chain of causes and conditions that extend over multiple lifetimes by which the process of transmigration operates.

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   What was the women's liberation movement?

   • The women's liberation movement ( WLM) was a political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism that emerged in the late 1960s and continued into the 1980s primarily in the industrialized nations of the Western world, which effected great change (political, intellectual, cultural) throughout the world.

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3. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › liberationLIBERATION definition in American English | Collins English ...

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   May 22, 2024 · Definition of 'liberation' Word Frequency. liberation in American English. (ˌlɪbərˈeɪʃən ) noun. 1. a liberating or being liberated. 2. US. the securing of equal social and economic rights. women's liberation movement. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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   Definitions of 'liberation' 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. [...] More. Synonyms of 'liberation' • freeing, release, freedom, liberty [...] More. Collocations with 'liberation' liberation struggle.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › liberationsLiberations Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of LIBERATION is the act of liberating : the state of being liberated. How to use liberation in a sentence.

6. plato.stanford.edu › entries › liberationPhilosophy of Liberation - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Jan 28, 2016 · Philosophy of Liberation is the collective name for a philosophical movement and method of doing philosophy that emerged at first in Argentina during the late sixties, but that went on to spread throughout Latin American during the early seventies.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Women's_liberation_movementWomen's liberation movement - Wikipedia

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   The women's liberation movement ( WLM) was a political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism. It emerged in the late 1960s and continued into the 1980s, primarily in the industrialized nations of the Western world, which effected great change (political, intellectual, cultural) throughout the world.

8. www.merriam-webster.com › sentences › liberationExamples of 'Liberation' in a Sentence | Merriam-Webster

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   May 4, 2024 · liberation. noun. Definition of liberation. Synonyms for liberation. The liberation of the city took weeks. But the course of the war has shifted since the liberation of Irpin. WIRED , 10 July 2023. Why, in this project of female liberation, must the men still get all the best bits? Sara Holdren, Vulture , 20 Oct. 2023.

9. www.encyclopedia.com › liberation-0Liberation | Encyclopedia.com

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   Jun 8, 2018 · In modern terms liberation has taken on a political meaning to describe a condition of being free from impediments and more particularly activities leading toward the removal of restrictions to free action by a group or a person defined by nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, or class.