单词 | minority rights |
释义 | > as lemmasminority rights minority rights n. rights granted to minorities to act as a safeguard of their interests and help prevent discrimination against them by the majority. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] > civil rights > rights safeguarding minority minority rights1906 1906 Polit. Sci. Q. 21 25 That democracy which cherishes individual liberty, believes in minority rights and desires the highest possible differentiation and perfection of individual life. 1924 R. W. Seton-Watson New Slovakia vi. 104 Such international opinion as regards the ‘Minority rights’ provided for by the Peace Treaties, as a moral obligation assumed by all members of the League of Nations. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 73/3 The world..was torn by micro-nationalism..as people fought for minority rights, ethnic identity, religious and social freedom. < as lemmas |
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