pseudo-liberation
Definitions
Noun. [C2]
Examples
“In many developed societies the sexual liberation movement has become⟳ a pseudo-liberation which has exchanged old taboos, morals and disciplinary patterns for openly exposed and commercialised sex, a no less repressive situation than before.”
“Pop art's subsequent celebration of the commodity world seemed like⟳ no more than pseudo-liberation to Marcuse.”
“Its chief effect, perhaps, is to remind⟳ us that we live⟳ in an age not of liberation but of pseudo-liberation.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free