What does Emancipation mean?

Definitions for Emancipation
ɪˌmæn səˈpeɪ ʃəneman·ci·pa·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. emancipationnoun

    freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

Wiktionary

  1. emancipationnoun

    The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence

  2. emancipationnoun

    The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

    US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Emancipationnoun

    The act of setting free; deliverance from slavery.

    Etymology: from emancipate.

    Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without hope of emancipation. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 27.

Wikipedia

  1. Emancipation

    Emancipation is any effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally, in discussion of such matters. The term emancipation derives from ēmancĭpo/ēmancĭpatio (the act of liberating a child from parental authority) which in turn stems from ē manu capere ('capture from someone else's hand'). Among others, Karl Marx discussed political emancipation in his 1844 essay "On the Jewish Question", although often in addition to (or in contrast with) the term human emancipation. Marx's views of political emancipation in this work were summarized by one writer as entailing "equal status of individual citizens in relation to the state, equality before the law, regardless of religion, property, or other 'private' characteristics of individual people.""Political emancipation" as a phrase is less common in modern usage, especially outside academic, foreign or activist contexts. However, similar concepts may be referred to by other terms. For instance, in the United States the Civil Rights Movement culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 can be seen as further realization of events such as the Emancipation Proclamation and abolition of slavery a century earlier. In the current and former British West Indies islands the holiday Emancipation Day is celebrated to mark the end of the Atlantic slave trade.

ChatGPT

  1. emancipation

    Emancipation refers to the act or process of freeing or liberating someone from control, suppression, or dependency. This could involve various contexts such as freeing a minor from the control of their parents, liberating a country or population from political oppression, or abolishing slavery, resulting in the freedom of enslaved individuals. Emancipation signifies gaining autonomy, rights, and legal, social, or political independence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emancipationnoun

    the act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection

Wikidata

  1. Emancipation

    Emancipation is the nineteenth studio album by Prince. The title refers to Prince's freedom from his contract with Warner Bros. Records after 18 years, with whom he had a contentious relationship. The album was Prince's third to be released that year, making 1996 one of the most prolific years for material released by Prince. Emancipation is also the first triple full-length original R&B studio album ever released.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Emancipation

    originally a term in Roman law and name given to the process of the manumission of a son by his father; the son was sold to a third party and after the sale became sui juris; it is now applied to the remission of old laws in the interest of freedom, which Carlyle regards in his "Shooting Niagara," as the sum of nearly all modern recent attempts at Reform.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Emancipation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Emancipation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Emancipation in a Sentence

  1. Melania Trump:

    During our country's long march towards freedom, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Charters of Freedom continue to reaffirm our country's democratic ideals and the values that have inspired me and all Americans to this day.

  2. Giuseppe Mazzini:

    Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are the bastards of Humanity. Soldiers without a banner, Israelites among the nations, you will find neither faith nor protection; none will be sureties for you. Do not beguile yourselves with the hope of emancipation from unjust social conditions if you do not first conquer a Country for yourselves.

  3. Edgar Degas:

    The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.

  4. Emma Goldman:

    Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.

  5. Rogatien Kitenge:

    It's a problem of a part of a community that refuses the emancipation of another population.

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