freedom of religion

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiː.dəm əv ɹɪˈlɪ.dʒən/

Noun

freedom of religion (uncountable)

1. The right of people to hold any religious beliefs, or none, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs or with that absence of belief, so long as these practices do not interfere with other people's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution.

Usage notes

• Use of this phrase may be subject to controversy as it depends upon the interpretation of what restrictions are reasonable: for example, some religious practices may be forbidden in some countries by human rights legislation.

Coordinate terms

• freedom of movement, freedom of contract, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, right to keep and bear arms

Translations

the right to hold any religious beliefs

• Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلدِّين f (ḥurriyyat ad-dīn), حُرِّيَّة اَلْمُعْتَقَد f (ḥurriyyat al-muʿtaqad), حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعَبُّد f (ḥurriyyat at-taʿabbud)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗教自由 (zōngjiào zìyóu)

• Danish: religionsfrihed c
• Finnish: uskonnonvapaus (fi)
• French: liberté de religion (fr) f
• Georgian: რელიგიის თავისუფლება (religiis tavisupleba), აღმსარებლობის თავისუფლება (aɣmsareblobis tavisupleba)
• German: Glaubensfreiheit (de) f, Religionsfreiheit (de) f
• Greek: ανεξιθρησκία (el) f (anexithriskía)
• Hungarian: vallásszabadság (hu)
• Japanese: 信教の自由 (しんきょうのじゆう, shinkyō no jiyū)
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• Korean: 종교(宗敎)의 자유(自由) (jonggyo-ui jayu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: religionsfrihet m or f

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: liberdade de religião f
• Russian: свобо́да вероиспове́дания f (svobóda veroispovédanija)
• Spanish: libertad de culto f
• Swedish: religionsfrihet (sv) c, trosfrihet c
• Vietnamese: tự do tín ngưỡng, tự do tôn giáo

Further reading

• freedom of religion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “freedom of religion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.