women's liberation

American  

noun

1. a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.

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Women's Liberation British  

noun

1. Also called: women's lib.  a movement directed towards the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon the assumption that men are superior to women

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Other Word Forms

• women's libber noun
• women's liberationist noun

Etymology

Origin of women's liberation

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Vietnam and women’s liberation lend the show a sociopolitical texture, and it’s a fraught era that Burnett remembers well.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

Two years later, activists entered the Royal Albert Hall in the UK and threw flour and rotten vegetables at the Miss World stage in support of women's liberation.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

At one point, soft-spoken Marie-Josephine follows the two pals to a clandestine political conclave where she delivers an impromptu speech in favor of women’s liberation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

Growing racial diversity, urbanization and women's liberation have turned them into a minority.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2023

I was no advocate of women's liberation; I simply found interest in many activities and subjects.

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