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emancipated

emancipated

6.8
Free from old social rules and acting independently
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪtɪd/
translation icon : emancipado
  • After years of struggle, she finally felt emancipated and ready to pursue her dreams without fear.

Women are thankfully more liberated, emancipated, financially independent than they've ever been.

Examples

  • Women are thankfully more liberated, emancipated, financially independent than they've ever been.

    Triggernometry

  • The ideological components of socialist realism feed into the appeal of 3HfC because they coincide with contemporary conceptions of a modern, emancipated Cinderella figure who invites viewer identification.

    Academic text (2017)

  • This has been called an expression of emancipated values.

  • Said quote, the emancipated slaves own nothing because nothing but freedom has been given to them.

  • EMANCIPATED?

    Victor/Victoria (1982)

  • I'M EMANCIPATED.

    Victor/Victoria (1982)

  • Many young people today feel emancipated from the outdated beliefs of previous generations.

  • The movement aimed to create an emancipated society where individuals could express themselves freely.

Synonyms

unshackled
vsemancipated
2 5.7

Free from chains or things that hold someone back

focuses specifically on freedom from social and moral restraints
liberated
vsemancipated
4.9

Free from traditional social rules in behavior and personal relationships

is the same idea about being free from social restraints

Antonyms

constrained
6.7

Looks or sounds unnatural because someone is holding back

restrained
5.3

Calm and controlled, not strong or showy

How Free

emancipated
6.8
conventional
175 2.8

Surface Forms

emancipated positive

Morphology

emancipated = emancipate (transparent) = emancipate + ed

The adjective is the past participle form of the verb 'emancipate' (emancipate + -ed), so the meaning 'liberated' is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word emancipated comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and manus 'hand', so it once meant to be 'put out of someone's hand' or 'freed from someone's control'. You can see the same manus in manual, and that is why emancipated now means 'free' or 'independent' in life or behavior.