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
Noun
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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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These Midwestern states have smaller federal workforces and less dependence on federal contracts.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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To help players become resilient problem solvers, with increasingly less dependence on you, the coach.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Unfreedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreedom. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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