Meaning & use
emancipatory
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Intended or able to free people from social, political, or legal restrictions.
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The movement pursued emancipatory reforms to abolish forced labor.
Scholars debated the emancipatory potential of the new communication technology.
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Common in political and academic writing about social movements; traces back to Latin 'emancipare', freeing a son from paternal authority.
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