liberated

adjective

lib·​er·​at·​ed ˈli-bə-ˌrā-təd How to pronounce liberated (audio)
: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles
a liberated woman
a liberated marriage

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The liberated students go wild on campus with some students like Marie trying to stop them. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 The book features photographs taken with disposable cameras by Ukrainian children in frontline and liberated areas, paired with personal stories and reflections. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Quant, whose name was synonymous with London’s Swinging ’60s and its fashion, offered young women a new, more liberated way of dressing, free from the girdles and restrictive undergarments that their mothers and grandmothers had worn. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025 Asylum is not what Kadiatou, who is the most burdened of the four yet who also unexpectedly emerges feeling the most liberated, finds in America. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liberated

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of liberated was in 1887

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“Liberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberated. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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liberated

adjective
lib·​er·​at·​ed
: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles

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