Unfreedom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Unfreedom is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition of being unfree.
Meaning
(uncountable) The condition of being unfree.
More Meanings
- (countable) A particular limitation of one's freedom.
Example Sentences
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
A comfortable, smooth, reasonable, democratic unfreedom prevails in advanced industrial civilization, a token of technical progress.
It was as if all the unfreedom in which he'd spent his seven decades of life were embodied in this six-year-old but essentially brand-new chair.
Perhaps most notably, our enquiries into the existence of unfreedoms are steps toward the measurement of the overall freedom of each individual and of each society.
Word Forms
- unfreedoms
Synonyms for unfreedom
Depending on context, synonyms include illiberty, slavery, restriction.
Antonyms for unfreedom
Common opposites include freedom.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include freedom, unfreeness, unfetteredness, freehood, freeness, nonfreeness.
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