Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to emancipation; favoring or giving emancipation: as, an emancipatory judgement, law, or decree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
emancipation or to anemancipator .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'military humanism' is launching the New, that is, the turn of the millennium, youth and creativity, in short, emancipatory praxis and theory.
OpEdNews - Diary: Venezuela: The Principle of Hope Against Global United States Military Bases 2009
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An "emancipatory" burqa ban only pushes these individuals further into the margins.
Claire Gordon: Islamophobia Peaks in Europe Claire Gordon 2010
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An "emancipatory" burqa ban only pushes these individuals further into the margins.
Claire Gordon: Islamophobia Peaks in Europe Claire Gordon 2010
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Claims such as the foregoing, asserts Steyn, give rise to "retrogressive white identities" as opposed to "emancipatory" [or emancipating] identities that are non-racial and inclusive in nature.
ANC Today 2007
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Claims such as the foregoing, asserts Steyn, give rise to "retrogressive white identities" as opposed to "emancipatory" [or emancipating] identities that are non-racial and inclusive in nature.
ANC Today 2007
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But private rumours corroborate this news, and to persist in one's disbelief would mean to doubt the very meaning of the present great "emancipatory" war, which is building a glorious temple of renovated life on the blood of Russians, Poles, Jews and
The Shield Avrahm Yarmolinsky 1895
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It's also the case that the "emancipatory" message of the films would hardly be encouraged by the current regime or the prevailing mindset.
Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist louisproyect 2010
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His education spokesman Michael Gove-in an interview conducted for this article-stressed that Cameron's ideas were "emancipatory," aiming to "set parents free" to choose the education they wanted for their children and, in doing so, raise standards.
unknown title 2009
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While this is, without a doubt, the opportunity of their lives, no one really knows yet what this MultiReal is and on top of that, the worlds most powerful and pervasive force, The Defense and Wellness Council, doesn't look too kindly upon the emancipatory implications of this new technology ...
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While this is, without a doubt, the opportunity of their lives, no one really knows yet what this MultiReal is and on top of that, the worlds most powerful and pervasive force, The Defense and Wellness Council, doesn't look too kindly upon the emancipatory implications of this new technology ...
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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