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emancipationist

emancipationist

1 9.9
A person who works to end slavery
  • noun
  • /ɪˌmænsɪpeɪˈʃənɪst/
translation icon : emancipacionista
  • As an emancipationist, she dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of those oppressed by slavery.

Examples

  • "We have always known" that the honorable General Lee "was a secret emancipationist.

    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2005)

  • Many famous abolitionists were also known as emancipationists who fought for the freedom of enslaved people.

  • The emancipationists organized rallies to raise awareness about the importance of ending slavery.

Synonyms

abolitionist
vsemancipationist
19 6.5

A person who supports ending slavery, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries

is a general advocate for ending slavery regardless of historical period
Garrisonian
vsemancipationist
9.9

A person who supports the immediate end of slavery like William Lloyd Garrison

supports ending slavery but not necessarily immediate or tied to that leader

Antonyms

oppressor
33 7.5

A person who has power and treats people cruelly or unfairly

How Supportive

emancipationist
1 9.9
supporter
817 1.0
sympathizer
37 4.8

Surface Forms

emancipationist singular
emancipationists plural

Morphology

emancipationist = emancipation (transparent) = emancipation + ist

Clearly formed from the noun 'emancipation' with the productive agent suffix '-ist' meaning a person who supports or practices the noun.

Etymology

Emancipationist comes from emancipate, which breaks into e- meaning 'out of' and manus meaning 'hand', the same root you see in manual. The image is taking someone 'out of another person's hand' to make them 'free', so an emancipationist is someone who works to free people from slavery.