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- AphylanteApril 2020
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Tatiana_JulietApril 2020 Hi Aphylante, I would say that "freedom" and "liberty" can be used synonymously in a lot of cases, but I believe "freedom" is a more general term and "liberty" tends to apply more specifically towards political freedom, as in when people are liberated from oppression and able to enjoy their human rights. |
AphylanteApril 2020 Ok, thanks for the answer
BilalLahcenApril 2020 Freedom comes from Old English, meaning “power of self-determination, state of free will; emancipation from slavery, deliverance.” Liberty comes from the Latin “libertatem” (nominative libertas), which means “civil or political freedom, condition of a free man; absence of restraint, permission.” |
AphylanteApril 2020 Thanks for your answer. So liberty is used with a political sense?