Saying certain things or posting fliers or writing in student or independent newspapers is not free speech but instead is sexual harassment or racial harassment.
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Free speech
/fɹiː ˈspiːtʃ/
Synonyms for "free speech" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(6 words)
Related words (9)
Noun(9 words)
participatorypublic discourseregulated expressionrestricted expressionspeech limitsuncensoredunconstrainedunfetteredunrestricted
Related word relations
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More general
10 entriescivic valuecivil libertyclassroom policyconstitutional principlecurriculum designdemocratic principleeducational policyfreedom of expressionfundamental rightlegal concept
More specific
12 entriesclassroom debatedebatedebate forumhate speechincitementopen discussionopen-mic sessionpolitical speechpublic discoursepublic discussionstudent forumsymbolic speech
Collocations
11 entriesFirst AmendmentFirst Amendment rightscivic educationfree-speech educationfree-speech platformfree-speech policyfree-speech protectionsfree-speech rightsfreedom of expressionpublic discoursespeech rights
Inflections
3 entriesfree speechesmore free-speechmost free-speech
Derivations
1 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- liri e të shprehurit noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πᾰρρησῐ́ᾱ noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- ἐλευθεροστομία noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- ἰσηγορία noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Arabic
2 entries- حُرِّيَّة الْكَلَام noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعْبِير noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Armenian
1 entries- խոսքի ազատություն noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Belarusian
1 entries- свабо́да сло́ва noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Bulgarian
1 entries- свобода на слово noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Catalan
1 entries- llibertat d'expressió noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 言論自由 /言论自由 noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Czech
3 entries- svoboda projevu noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- svoboda slova noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- svoboda vyjadřování noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Danish
1 entries- ytringsfrihed noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Dutch
2 entries- vrije meningsuiting noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- vrijheid van meningsuiting noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Esperanto
1 entries- parollibereco noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Estonian
1 entries- sõnavabadus noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Finnish
1 entries- sananvapaus noun (right to express an opinion in public)
French
1 entries- liberté d'expression noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Galician
1 entries- liberdade de expresión noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Georgian
3 entries- აზრის თავისუფლება noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- გამოხატვის თავისუფლება noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- სიტყვის თავისუფლება noun (right to express an opinion in public)
German
2 entries- Redefreiheit noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- freie Meinungsäußerung noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Greek
1 entries- ελευθερία έκφρασης noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Hebrew
1 entries- חופש הביטוי noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Hindi
1 entries- अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Hungarian
1 entries- szólásszabadság noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Icelandic
1 entries- málfrelsi noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Interlingua
2 entries- libertate de expression noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- libertate de parola noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Italian
1 entries- libertà di parola noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Japanese
1 entries- 言論の自由 noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Khmer
1 entries- សេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Korean
1 entries- 표현의 자유 noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Latvian
1 entries- vārda brīvība noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žodžio laisvė noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Macedonian
1 entries- слобода на говор noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Marathi
1 entries- मुक्त भाषण noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Māori
1 entries- manawhiri kōrero noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ytringsfrihet noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ytringsfridom noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Persian
1 entries- آزادی بیان noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Polish
1 entries- wolność słowa noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Portuguese
1 entries- liberdade de expressão noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Romanian
1 entries- libertatea cuvântului noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Russian
1 entries- свобо́да сло́ва noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- saorsa cainnte noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sloboda govora noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- слобода говора noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Slovak
1 entries- sloboda slova noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Slovene
1 entries- svoboda govora noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Spanish
2 entries- libertad de expresión noun (right to express an opinion in public)
- libertad de palabra noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Swahili
1 entries- uhuru wa maoni noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Swedish
1 entries- yttrandefrihet noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Thai
1 entries- เสรีภาพในการพูด noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Turkish
1 entries- ifade özgürlüğü noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Ukrainian
1 entries- свобо́да сло́ва noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Urdu
1 entries- آزادی گفتار noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tự do ngôn luận noun (right to express an opinion in public)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I would argue that we must be concerned with free speech but that cyber racism is not free speech, it is racist speech that provides an opportunity to devalue part of humankind ...
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Section 8 (c) of the act has been erroneously referred to since its passage as a free-speech provision. Actually this section permits the employer to intimidate and coerce employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by the act. It is not a question of free speech at all. Giving the antiunion employer an unbridled right to condemn and deride the basic rights of employees to self-organization and collective bargaining is not free speech but a license to defeat the exercise of these fundamental rights.
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The term free speech, which appears in this book's subtitle as well as in its text, is used more or less interchangeably with freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression to refer to all of the expressive rights guaranteed by the forty-five words of the First Amendment, as interpreted by the U.S. courts.
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