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Etymology

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liberation +‎ -ist

Noun

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liberationist (plural liberationists)

  1. A person who works or advocates for liberation.
    • 1988 January 29, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Mozambican Lina Magaia is a leading thinker in the struggle for black independence in southern Africa. She is a fighter, an agronomist, an author, an administrator, a liberationist, and a mother.
  2. A person in favour of church disestablishment.

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