as in subjection
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Recent Examples of unfreedom
And those norms can change quickly, with much of society managing to adapt to a prolonged state of unfreedom.
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfreedom
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The Handmaid's Tale spared no sensitivities when diving into the cruelest treatment people like June, and even Lydia, experience at the hands of a totalitarian system bent on the total subjection of women.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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As the man brawls with his in-laws, the boy is caught between two worlds, of male rage and female subjection.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For this reason, the passage from Arab spring to Arab winter should be understood first and foremost as a narrative of self-determination, choice, and consequences, not as a story of heteronomy and external imposition.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 May 2020
Noun
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China is concerned about dependence on seaborne imports, which account for about 90% of its oil.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
19 May 2026
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Cursor’s dependence on competitors as suppliers of underlying large language models is another issue.—
Rebecca Fannin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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“Unfreedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreedom. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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