liberation English · revision 15014

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1440|origins=la līber}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌlɪb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|liberacion]], [[bor|fro|libération]] and directly [[la|līberātiō|t=a setting or becoming free]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|līberō|t=to set free]], from [[m|la|līber|t=free]] (see [[liberal]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of setting free from restraint or confinement: about 1440 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In late 19th-century Britain, liberationism and liberationist referred to the movement to disestablish the Church, after the Liberation Society.^(Etymonline) The struggle for equal rights for a group, as in ''women's liberation'', is a 20th-century use.^(Collins 2023)^(AHD) ''Liberation theology'' (1969) translates [[es|teología de la liberación]], coined in 1968 by the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1440 – setting free.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 19th century – liberationism.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1969 – liberation theology.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of setting free, or the state of being set free.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The struggle for equal status or fair treatment for a group: ''women's liberation''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[liberationist]]

+ * [[nonliberation]]

+ * [[postliberation]]

+ * [[preliberation]]

+ * [[gay liberation]]

+ * [[liberation theology]]

+ * [[women's liberation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[liberate]]

+ * [[liberty]]

+ * [[liberal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}