civil rights

English

Noun

civil rights (uncountable)

1. (US) Those rights which are expressly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable; deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, color, gender and disabilities.

Derived terms

• civil rights movement

Synonyms

• human rights

Translations

rights deserved by all people under all circumstances

Catalan: drets civils Chinese: Cantonese: 民權 (man4kyun4) Mandarin: 民權 (zh), 民权 (zh) (mínquán), 公民權 (zh), 公民权 (zh) (gōngmínquán) Czech: občanská práva (cs) n. pl. Danish: borgerlige rettigheder Dutch: burgerrechten (nl) Finnish: kansalaisoikeudet (fi)

French: droits civiques (fr) m. pl. German: Grundrechte (de) n. pl., Bürgerrechte (de) n. pl. Icelandic: borgaraleg réttindi Italian: diritti civili Japanese: 民権 (ja) (みんけん, minken), 公民権 (ja) (こうみんけん, kōminken) Polish: prawa obywatelskie Romanian: drepturi civile Russian: гражданские права (ru) (graždánskije pravá) n. pl. Spanish: derechos humanos (es) m. pl.

See also

• human rights
• Civil rights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Human rights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Human rights