A broad movement campaigning to gain independence for a country or against discrimination or cruel treatment.
liberation movements in the former Portuguese colonies
Example sentencesExamples
- Former liberation movement fighters fill almost all positions of trust both within and outside the government.
- I joined the liberation movement when I was 19.
- He is held in high regard among large portions of the population because of his skills as the leader of the liberation movement.
- Their support of Irish liberation movements extended from the 1850s to the 1990s.
- How did colonialism give rise to not only national liberation movements but also racial hierarchy?