unfreedom

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unfreedom

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From Middle English unfredom, equivalent to un- + freedom.

noun unfreedoms

uncountable The condition of being unfree. A comfortable, smooth, reasonable, democratic unfreedom prevails in advanced industrial civilization, a token of technical progress.
Similar: illiberty, slavery
countable A particular limitation of one's freedom. 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.
Similar: restriction

Opposite: freedom

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noun

Opposite: freedom

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noun the condition of being unfree

Português	iliberdade
Deutsch	Unfreiheit

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@misc{unfreedom_2026,
  title = {unfreedom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfreedom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}