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unfreedom

unfreedom

1 8.6
A situation where people cannot make their own choices because others control them
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈfriːdəm/
  • Formal
: falta de libertad
  • He has this very vivid description of what he means by unfreedom, the antithesis of his his ideal.
  • freedom and unfreedom

And in terms of, of, of the broad framework of, of rights, you know, one person's freedom is another person's unfreedom.

Examples

  • It was the experience of unfreedom, in the gospel's light, that made the contrary shine clear.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Rather, the freedom of one individual is defined as the unfreedom of another.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Freedom and unfreedom, whether physical, political, moral, economic, or some other, are simply not issues for him and have no significant place among his concerns.

    Academic text (2000)
  • We have all sorts of experiences that seem to indicate to us a kind of unfreedom in, in our own lives.

  • How we do so determines our degrees of freedom and unfreedom.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And you know that they could have never held people here surrendered to unfreedom.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Finally, sealing all by fire was the experience of religious unfreedom under the terrible dictatorships of the 20th century.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Hegel recognized that backwaters of unfreedom would remain in the world for a long time, but he argued that eventually freedom would spread everywhere.

    Academic text (2000)
  • But of course this is no impediment to our inquiry concerning the implications of Sextus' views for thinking about freedom and unfreedom.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In the oppressive regime, many citizens lived in a state of unfreedom where their choices were strictly controlled.

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

The right to act, speak, or think as you want without being stopped

429 3.3

Being free from unfair rules or control by government

How Unfree

enslavement
  • NSFW
17 6.3
oppression
120 5.5
unfreedom
  • Formal
1 8.6
restriction
340 3.0
limitation
167 3.3

Surface Forms

unfreedom singular
unfreedoms plural

Morphology

unfreedom = freedom (transparent) = un + freedom + un

Formed by the negating prefix 'un-' added to the familiar noun 'freedom', so the meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Unfreedom is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and freedom meaning 'the state of being free'. Think of a closed door or locked hands that stop you moving. So unfreedom means a situation where people cannot choose or act freely.