liberated

adjective

lib·​er·​at·​ed ˈli-bə-ˌrā-təd How to pronounce liberated (audio)
: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles
a liberated woman
a liberated marriage

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Those phrases, used among student protestors to voice support for a liberated Palestinian people, were viewed by some in the Jewish community as manifestations of hate. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 Similar themes crop up in the opera: Four female astronauts board a spaceship in hope of preserving the human race on a new planet, only for their mission to be privatized halfway through the journey by a venture capitalist, their liberated lives suddenly jeopardized. Hugh Morris, New York Times, 25 July 2025 An album that presents itself as stark and liberated feels too much like a product of creative compromise. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025 Their wildly liberated sound, which mixes punk and dembow and rap, doesn’t sound like anyone else out there. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for liberated

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First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of liberated was in 1887

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“Liberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberated. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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liberated

adjective
lib·​er·​at·​ed
: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles

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