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women's liberation

women's liberation noun: the freedom of women from sexism; equal rights for women.

Noun

women's liberation (uncountable)

  1. The freedom of women from sexism; equal rights for women.
    • Fourier was the most ardent and voluminous advocate of women's liberation and of sexual freedom among the early socialists.1966, New Left Review, November–December, p 12
    Synonyms:
    feminism, fem lib, women's lib, women's movement
  2. The struggle or campaigns to achieve this goal.

Synonyms of women's liberation

Forms of women's liberation

alternative formWomen's Liberation

Origin of women's liberation

1966, women + liberation.

Words formed from women's liberation

Questions about women's liberation

What does women's liberation mean?
Women's liberation means the freedom of women from sexism; equal rights for women.
What part of speech is women's liberation?
Women's liberation is a noun.

Words near women's liberation in the dictionary

  1. Women's Christmas
  2. Women's Ku Klux Klan
  3. women's lib
  4. women's libber
  5. women's libbers
  6. women's liberation
  7. women's refuge
  8. women's refuges
  9. women's rights
  10. women's room
  11. women's rooms

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