C1nounformalhistorysociety
US/ɪˌmæn.sɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
UK/ɪˌmæn.sɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
the process of giving people freedom or equal rights, especially legal or political rights
In context
The emancipation of enslaved people in the United States came after a bloody civil war.
Education played a key role in the emancipation of women in the twentieth century.
For many young workers, a first salary felt like a kind of emancipation.
Words that go with emancipation
noun + preposition
- emancipation ofThe emancipation of serfs in Russia began in 1861.
- struggle for emancipationThe museum tells the story of the long struggle for emancipation.
adjective + noun
- female emancipationShe wrote widely about female emancipation and the right to vote.
- political emancipationPolitical emancipation did not end economic inequality.
- economic emancipationSmall loans were seen as a path to economic emancipation.