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See also: émancipation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by Charles Godfrey Leland.[1]. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, in 19th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
emancipation (usually uncountable, plural emancipations)
- The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 308:
- Ireland, last year, was to be paradise, if that Peri, emancipation, was but sent there; now it is a wretched, degraded, oppressed country, unless the Union be dissolved! What ever will it be the year after? So much for any certainty of right in this world!
- The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Synonyms[edit]
- (setting free from slavery): manumission
Related terms[edit]
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric (rare, non-standard)
- emancipatrix
Translations[edit]
act of setting free from the power of another
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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.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
emancipation c
Declension[edit]
Declension of emancipation | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | emancipation | emancipationen | emancipationer | emancipationerna |
Genitive | emancipations | emancipationens | emancipationers | emancipationernas |
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