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unfreedoms

unfreedoms is the plural of unfreedom.

Meaning of unfreedom

Noun

unfreedom (countable and uncountable, plural unfreedoms)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being unfree.
    • A comfortable, smooth, reasonable, democratic unfreedom prevails in advanced industrial civilization, a token of technical progress.1964, Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man […] , Boston: Beacon Press, page 1
    Synonyms:
    illiberty, slavery
  2. (countable) A particular limitation of one's freedom.
    • Perhaps most notably, our enquiries into the existence of unfreedoms are steps toward the measurement of the overall freedom of each individual and of each society.2003, Matthew H. Kramer, The Quality of Freedom, →ISBN, page 340
    Synonyms:
    restriction

Questions about unfreedoms

What is unfreedoms the plural of?
Unfreedoms is the plural of unfreedom.

Words near unfreedoms in the dictionary

  1. unfree
  2. unfree-est
  3. unfreeable
  4. unfreed
  5. unfreedom
  6. unfreedoms
  7. unfreeing
  8. unfreely
  9. unfreeman
  10. unfreemen
  11. unfreeness

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