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unemancipated

unemancipated

8.6
A person who holds strict traditional views that limit others' rights
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪtɪd/
translation icon : no emancipado
  • His unemancipated beliefs about gender roles often led to disagreements with his friends.

Examples

  • She was criticized for her unemancipated opinions on education and women's rights.

  • She felt unemancipated in her traditional family.

  • The community remained largely unemancipated, resisting changes in social norms.

  • Many unemancipated individuals struggle to express their true feelings.

  • His unemancipated beliefs about gender roles often led to disagreements with his friends.

  • The community remained largely unemancipated, resisting changes in social norms.

  • She was criticized for her unemancipated opinions on education and women's rights.

Synonyms

hidebound
vsunemancipated
  • Offensive
3 9.9

Not willing to accept new ideas because of old traditions

is more about limited personal freedom and restrictive social views
unfree
vsunemancipated
2 6.1

Not free because someone else controls your life or choices

points to restricted social choices and attitudes rather than physical control
unreconstructed
vsunemancipated
2 9.5

Still holding old beliefs and unwilling to change

focuses on restricted social rights and conservative behavior rather than mere stubbornness
unregenerate
vsunemancipated
1 9.9

Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong

is mainly about limited social freedom and traditional role expectations
oversocialized
vsunemancipated
1 8.8

Following other people's rules so much that they cannot show their true self

focuses on lack of personal freedom due to tradition rather than mere social pressure
unliberated
vsunemancipated
7.1

A place that an enemy still controls

focuses on restrictive traditional views rather than external control
unprogressive
vsunemancipated
7.7

Not willing to accept new ideas and slow to change

concerns restricted personal or social liberty rather than simple outdated thinking

Antonyms

Free from old social rules and acting independently

How Liberated

liberated
4.9
oppressed
4.7
unemancipated
8.6

Surface Forms

unemancipated positive

Morphology

unemancipated = emancipated (transparent) = un + emancipate + ed

The adjective is formed by negating 'emancipated' and the social/personality nuance does not obscure the morphological relation.

Etymology

Unemancipated breaks into un- 'not' and emancipate 'to free', with the old idea of being taken 'out of the hand' as a sign of getting freedom. So calling someone or a community unemancipated means they are 'not freed' socially or personally and still follow old, strict ideas.