emancipation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The use of emancipation to refer to anti-slavery, abolitionism, is attributed to Charles Godfrey Leland.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
emancipation (usually uncountable; plural emancipations)
- The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
- The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Related terms [edit]
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric (rare, non-standard)
- emancipatrix
Translations [edit]
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
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References [edit]
- ^ Farrar, Stewart (1998). "Foreword". in Mario Pazzaglini. Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, A New Translation. Blaine, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, Inc.. pp. 13–21. ISBN 0-919345-34-4.
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
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Declension [edit]
Declension of emancipation
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | emancipation | emancipationen | emancipationer | emancipationerna |
| genitive | emancipations | emancipationens | emancipationers | emancipationernas |
