emancipator
Meaning: A person who sets others free from legal, social, or political restrictions, particularly in the context of slavery, serfdom, or civil rights.
Emancipator carries a more formal and legalistic tone than 'liberator,' emphasising the removal of specific institutional constraints rather than military conquest. It is most strongly associated with the abolition of slavery — Abraham Lincoln is often called 'the Great Emancipator' — but also appears in discussions of women's suffrage, labour rights, and colonial independence movements.
Examples
- Lincoln is remembered as the emancipator of four million enslaved people, though the reality was considerably more complex. 林肯被铭记为四百万被奴役者的解放者,尽管现实情况远比这复杂得多。Lincoln es recordado como el emancipador de cuatro millones de personas esclavizadas, aunque la realidad fue considerablemente más compleja.リンカーンは400万人の被奴隷者の解放者として記憶されているが、現実ははるかに複雑であった。링컨은 400만 명의 노예를 해방한 해방자로 기억되지만, 현실은 훨씬 더 복잡했다.
- The campaigner saw herself as an emancipator of working-class women trapped by economic dependence and social convention. 这位运动家将自己视为那些被经济依赖和社会习俗所束缚的工人阶级妇女的解放者。La activista se veía a sí misma como emancipadora de las mujeres de clase obrera atrapadas por la dependencia económica y las convenciones sociales.その活動家は、経済的依存と社会的慣習に囚われた労働者階級の女性たちの解放者を自認していた。그 활동가는 경제적 종속과 사회적 관습에 갇힌 노동자 계급 여성들의 해방자를 자임했다.
- True emancipators, the professor argued, create conditions for self-determination rather than simply substituting one authority for another. 教授认为,真正的解放者创造的是自决的条件,而非简单地以一种权威替代另一种权威。Los verdaderos emancipadores, sostenía la profesora, crean condiciones para la autodeterminación en lugar de simplemente sustituir una autoridad por otra.教授は、真の解放者は単にある権威を別の権威に置き換えるのではなく、自己決定のための条件を生み出すのだと論じた。교수는 진정한 해방자란 단순히 하나의 권위를 다른 것으로 대체하는 것이 아니라 자기 결정을 위한 조건을 만드는 사람이라고 주장했다.
Pronunciation
Usage Guide
Context: academic, journalism
Tone: positive
Origin & History
From Latin emancipare (to release from paternal authority), combining ex- (out of) and mancipium (ownership, possession). Entered English in the 17th century.
Cultural Context
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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