unfreedom
- a word derived from freedom.
Example Sentences
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"We reject the zero-sum notion that one people’s freedom requires the unfreedom of other people. Our liberation as Jews is inextricably bound up with the liberation of Palestinians."
From Salon • May 2, 2024
As the authors write, to claim that any reforms are “a step toward unfreedom is like claiming that road signs, stop lights and speed limits are steps toward the elimination of driving.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023
No site explains that during John Jay’s time in the French capital, while he brokered the new nation’s freedom, he also dealt in the unfreedom of others.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
They employed images of imprisonment, enslavement, and caged animals to drive home the point that freedom from want was, in effect, a form of unfreedom.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2021
The new movements which appeared in the middle years of the century, Ingsoc in Oceania, Neo-Bolshevism in Eurasia, Death-worship, as it is commonly called, in Eastasia, had the conscious aim of perpetuating unfreedom and in-equality.
From "1984" by George Orwell
