free speechnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfriː ˈspiːtʃ/us/ˌfriː ˈspiːtʃ/the right to express your opinions publicly
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Human rights
- affirmative action
- ageism
- agism
- Amnesty International
- anti-racist
- Bechdel test
- discrimination
- emancipation
- equal opportunity
- equality
- fattist
- gay rights
- gender discrimination
- human rights
- inequality
- positive discrimination
- sisterhood
- suffragette
- women's libber
- women's liberation
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Examples from literature
- I believe in the right of free speech, in war as well as in peace.
- I'm all for free speech myself.
- The champion of free speech retreated behind his discretion.
- They feared free speech and independent newspapers and liberal educational institutions.
- We are dealing here with a right protected by the Constitution—the right of free speech.