emancipated
Americanadjective
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not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc..
a modern, emancipated woman.
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freed, as from slavery or bondage.
Other Word Forms
- unemancipated adjective
Etymology
Origin of emancipated
First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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For Pontormo, who studied with Leonardo da Vinci and was influenced by Michelangelo and Dürer, it’s the painting that shows him stylistically emancipated from those giants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Her third great-grandfather Dean Harris was likely born into slavery in Georgia around 1835 and was emancipated after the Civil War.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024
“The German musical has emancipated itself from its American role models in a clever, mature and very Berlin way,” the paper’s critic, Hellmut Kotschenreuther, wrote.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
The first woman to be Italy’s premier, Meloni “won out against Salvini and Berlusconi. She showed that she emancipated herself against these two male leaders,” said political analyst Massimo Franco.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Ultimately, about 15,000 black Americans sailed back to Africa, most of them going to Liberia in West Africa, which was planned and founded as a homeland for emancipated American slaves.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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