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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
Noun
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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
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Miners argue increased subjection to the dust has led to an eruption of black lung, an incurable disease associated with inhaling the particles.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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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Cutting convoy risk Army planners see cargo drones as a way to reduce dependence on traditional resupply convoys.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Together with reducing its dependence on the United States and China, Brussels is cultivating other relationships.—
Joseph de Weck,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Unfreedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreedom. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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