unemancipated
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪtɪd/
- His unemancipated beliefs about gender roles often led to disagreements with his friends.
Examples
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She was criticized for her unemancipated opinions on education and women's rights.
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She felt unemancipated in her traditional family.
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The community remained largely unemancipated, resisting changes in social norms.
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Many unemancipated individuals struggle to express their true feelings.
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His unemancipated beliefs about gender roles often led to disagreements with his friends.
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The community remained largely unemancipated, resisting changes in social norms.
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She was criticized for her unemancipated opinions on education and women's rights.
Synonyms
2
9.9
Not willing to accept new ideas because of old traditions
2
9.5
Still holding old beliefs and unwilling to change
2
6.1
Not free because someone else controls your life or choices
1
9.9
Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong
1
8.8
Following other people's rules so much that they cannot show their true self
1
7.7
Not willing to accept new ideas and slow to change
1
7.1
A place that an enemy still controls
Antonyms
How Liberated
Surface Forms
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.