as in liberation
the act of setting free from slavery
a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history
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Recent Examples of emancipation
After all, abstraction had been in the service of spiritual liberation and social emancipation since its inception, and had always appeared in opposition to the totally reified world of Duchamp’s readymade.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
At the Baltimore convention that renominated Lincoln, Raymond wrote the resolutions that put emancipation at the center of the 1864 campaign:
As slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion . . .
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The Art Of Joy follows a woman born into modest circumstances in Sicily in 1900, who goes on navigate life in a convent, and then carves herself out a place in aristocratic household achieving happiness and emancipation in the process.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
But will his plans help the local inhabitants, who dream of emancipation from Denmark?
—Juliette Pavy, The Dial, 1 Apr. 2025
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
At the Baltimore convention that renominated Lincoln, Raymond wrote the resolutions that put emancipation at the center of the 1864 campaign:
As slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion . . .
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The Art Of Joy follows a woman born into modest circumstances in Sicily in 1900, who goes on navigate life in a convent, and then carves herself out a place in aristocratic household achieving happiness and emancipation in the process.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
But will his plans help the local inhabitants, who dream of emancipation from Denmark?
—Juliette Pavy, The Dial, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipation
liberation
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References to trans people disappeared around the same time from the website for the Stonewall National Monument, considered the birthplace of gay liberation, in a move that sparked particular outcry.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
28 June 2025
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Fleeing from their oppressive lives, our heroes, played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, take the standard trajectory of liberation embodied by the macho road movie and give it a feminist kick.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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