freedom symbol

Icon of independence

A freedom symbol is an image, object, or gesture that represents liberty or resistance to oppression.

The Statue of Liberty, raised fist, and broken chains all serve as freedom symbols.

The term often appears in discussions of national identity or protest movements: The flag became a freedom symbol for the independence movement.

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torch bearer · Emancipation Proclamation · Justice · Sovereignty · Rainbow · liberty cap · Rising Sun · rallying point · broken · Bastille · phoenix · Roman mythology · Juneteenth · civil rights · fist · broken chains · unbound · open cage

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symbolic meaning

freedom symbolchains

Linked metal restraints

shackles · prison bars · cage · yoke · ball and chain

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