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• women's liberation
  women's liberation

  noun

  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.
• Women's Liberation
  Women's Liberation

  noun

  a movement directed towards the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon the assumption that men are superior to women

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

It was a group dedicated to fighting sexism, and Steinem - one of three co-founders - became the face of the women's liberation movement in the United States for the rest of the 20th Century.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

Amid the women’s liberation movement, more women were breaking into the workplace.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 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

On Instagram, she has shared posts in support of the women’s liberation movement in Iran, Ukrainian children who have been displaced by the country’s war with Russia and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2022

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

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