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women's liberation

wom·en's lib·er·a·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wim-inz lib-uh-rey-shuh n]
    • /ˈwɪm ɪnz ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wim-inz lib-uh-rey-shuh n]
    • /ˈwɪm ɪnz ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən/

Definitions of women's liberation words

  • noun women's liberation a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men. 1
  • noun women's liberation equal rights for women 1
  • uncountable noun women's liberation Women's Liberation is the belief and aim that women should have the same rights and opportunities in society as men. 0
  • noun women's liberation a movement directed towards the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon the assumption that men are superior to women 0
  • noun women's liberation The freedom of women from sexism; equal rights for women. 0
  • noun women's liberation A campaign for this goal. 0

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Origin of women's liberation

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Women's liberation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

women's liberation popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for women's liberation

noun women's liberation

  • feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
  • womanism — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.

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