UNFREEDOM Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

unfreedom

noun

Definition of unfreedom

as in subjection

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Recent Examples of unfreedom Even Ursula Le Guin’s Anarres, which is haunted by the shadow of unfreedom. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 These ideas—of ceding ground, of viewing another as infinite rather than as a means to address our own unfreedom—are of no use to the industries and technologies that treat the face as a display commodity before all else. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom. — Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025

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The Handmaid's Tale spared no sensitivities when diving into the cruelest treatment people like June, and even Lydia, experience at the hands of a totalitarian system bent on the total subjection of women.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
As the man brawls with his in-laws, the boy is caught between two worlds, of male rage and female subjection.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026

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Compact optical clocks could eventually contribute to such systems by providing stable timing references onboard vehicles, reducing dependence on external signals.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
At Thursday’s Calgary rally and Friday’s Edmonton rally, the crowd erupted in its loudest applause when Carney spoke about reducing Canada’s economic dependence on the United States.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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