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語源

Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate. By surface analysis, liberate +‎ -ion.

発音

• IPA: /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
• ハイフネーション: li‧ber‧a‧tion
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

liberation (countable and uncountable, plural liberations)

1. The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

   The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.

   • 1995, Julius Evola, “The Two Paths in the Afterlife”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World‎, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 50:

     People saw in the elders, who were closer to death, the manifestation of the divine force that was thought to achieve its full liberation at death.

2. (euphemistic or ironic) Synonym of conquest or theft.
3. (politics) The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.

   women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...

同意語

• emancipation, independence

反意語

• enslavement, oppression

派生語

関連する語

• liberate

参照

• “liberation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• liberation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• Raymond Williams (1983), “Liberation”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 181.
• “liberation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “liberation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• libationer