liberationist
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a person who supports or advocates the liberation of a particular group that is socially restricted or denied rights and freedoms.
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Christianity. an adherent of liberation theology.
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supporting or advocating the liberation of a particular group that is socially restricted or denied rights and freedoms.
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Christianity. adhering to liberation theology.
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The Black prophetic, liberationist, abolitionist Christian tradition is the single most significant resistance movement ever to develop in the U.S.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2024
Black liberationist theology, which emerged during the Civil Rights Movement, emphasizes that social action on behalf of the Black community is part of the spiritual responsibility of the faithful.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
The rhetorical question of Duberman’s recent book title pithily summarizes the liberationist critique: “Has the Gay Movement Failed?”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
“This is the Bible that is behind the liberationist ideology of the early American colonists,” he said.
From Washington Times ● May 11, 2019
He had, it was suspected, liberationist sympathies, so that it was of no great importance that he was not quite convinced.
From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold
In popular media, the default of image of queer people raising children has come to be almost indistinguishable from the straight nuclear family early liberationists sought to escape.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2019
Though too limited to satisfy many liberationists, these achievements are, nevertheless, fruits of the revolutionary energy of the Stonewall generation, including the pioneers of the marriage movement.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
I had come to interview him as part of a two-year project in which I made contact with eight black liberationists who have all experienced long prison sentences.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2018
A former cop, he studies extremists of all stripes, from radical Islamists to animal liberationists, and trains law enforcement in dealing with ideologically motivated violence.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2015
From the records of other debates I learn that Fitzjames was in favour of the existing Church Establishment as against advocates of change, whether high churchmen or liberationists.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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