Meaning & use
liberatory
Tending to free people from oppression, restriction, or control.
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The professor described the movement's liberatory goals of ending discriminatory laws.
Many students found the discussion of self-expression to be a liberatory experience.
A note on using this word
Liberatory is mostly used in academic writing about politics, education, and social movements rather than everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
emancipatoryfreeing
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