emancipation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
The use of emancipation to refer to anti-slavery, abolitionism, is attributed to Charles Godfrey Leland.[1]
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[edit] Noun
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emancipation (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.
[edit] Related terms
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric (rare, non-standard)
- emancipatrix
[edit] Translations
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
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[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for emancipation | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | emancipation | emancipationen | emancipationer | emancipationerna |
| Genitive | emancipations | emancipationens | emancipationers | emancipationernas |
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