liberationist
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- adjective
- /ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃənɪst/
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liberacionista
- Latter-day Tocquevilleans must address the threats to human dignity posed by liberationist ideologies as well as by the emancipation of technology from moral and political control.
- liberationist church
Examples
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One of the great symbolic visions of Brazil's liberationist church is that of God's people journeying toward the Promised Land.
Academic text (1999) -
Could one read Godzieba as presenting the theoretical basis for liberationist perspectives?
Academic text (2006) -
The San Francisco parish has more clearly maintained the liberationist emphasis on internal democracy.
Academic text (1996) -
Major addresses clearly indicated that well-educated and significant women in the Church were beginning to apply a structural analysis and liberationist hermeneutic to the institutional Church itself.
Academic text (2003) -
Why, within this perspective of absolute flux and relativism, liberationist ideals should be any more compelling and less irrational than any others is not clear.
Academic text (1992) -
At first glance, the protectionist and liberationist understandings of children's rights seem antithetical.
Academic text (1992) -
Many activists joined the movement as liberationist thinkers, promoting equality and justice for marginalized groups.
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The organization's liberationist goals focus on empowering communities to fight for their rights and freedoms.
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In her speech, she emphasized the liberationist ideals of social justice and political freedom for all individuals.
Synonyms
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Helping people become free from unfair control
Causing people to become free from unfair control
Antonyms
Compounds
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
liberationist = liberation (transparent) = liberation + ist
Formed by the noun 'liberation' plus the agent/ideology suffix '-ist'; the meaning 'supporter of liberation' follows standard derivation.
Etymology
Liberationist as an adjective describes movements or ideas that support freedom and equal rights. It comes from the word liberation, from the old Latin root liber meaning 'free', the same root as liberty, so a liberationist approach aims to free people and give them equal rights.