freedom of speech
The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or…The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.
» We have freedom of speech.
У нас свобода слова.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freedom, speech.
- a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution, the right to communicate one's opinions and ideas to anyone who is willing to receive them
Examples
52 sentencesWe have freedom of speech.
ruУ нас свобода слова. — marafon
Freedom of speech was tightly restricted.
ruСвобода слова была жёстко ограничена. — odexed
Freedom of speech is restricted in some countries.
ruВ некоторых странах свобода слова ограничена. — marafon
Freedom of speech is at risk.
I stand for freedom of speech for everyone.
ruЯ выступаю за свободу слова для всех. — Lenin_1917
deIch stehe für Redefreiheit für jedermann ein. — mauersegler
Origin
The concept and the term are ancient; Athens’ democratic ideology of free speech (παρρησίαThe concept and the term are ancient; Athens’ democratic ideology of free speech (παρρησία (parrhēsía)) is thought to have emerged in the 5th or 6th century B.C.E. The first occurrence of the phrase freedom of speech recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary dates to 1567, and it also appears in the English Bill of Rights, among other works: see the quotations.
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Synonyms
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