free speech

See also: free-speech

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹiː ˈspiːtʃ/

Noun

free speech (uncountable)

1. The right to express an opinion in public without being restrained or censored.
   • 2003, Mike Godwin, Cyber Rights, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 2:

     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.

Synonyms

• (right to express opinion): freedom of speech

Antonyms

• compelled speech

Related terms

• free as in speech
• free-spoken

Translations

right to express an opinion in public

• Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعْبِير f (ḥurriyyat at-taʿbīr)
• Armenian: խոսքի ազատություն (hy) (xoskʻi azatutʻyun)
• Belarusian: свабо́да сло́ва f (svabóda slóva)
• Bulgarian: свобода на слово f (svoboda na slovo)
• Catalan: llibertat d'expressió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 言論自由／言论自由 (zh) (yánlùnzìyóu), 言论自由 (zh) (yánlùnzìyóu)

• Czech: svoboda slova f, svoboda projevu (cs) f, svoboda vyjadřování f
• Danish: ytringsfrihed (da)
• Dutch: vrijheid van meningsuiting (nl) f, vrije meningsuiting f
• Esperanto: parollibereco
• Estonian: sõnavabadus (et)
• Finnish: sananvapaus (fi)
• French: liberté d’expression (fr) f
• Georgian: სიტყვის თავისუფლება (siṭq̇vis tavisupleba), აზრის თავისუფლება (azris tavisupleba), გამოხატვის თავისუფლება (gamoxaṭvis tavisupleba)
• German: freie Meinungsäußerung f, Redefreiheit (de) f
• Greek: ελευθερία έκφρασης f (elefthería ékfrasis)

  Ancient: πᾰρρησῐ́ᾱ f (parrhēsíā), ἰσηγορία f (isēgoría)

• Hebrew: חופש הביטוי (he)
• Hindi: अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता (abhivyakti kī svatantratā)
• Hungarian: szólásszabadság (hu)
• Icelandic: málfrelsi (is) n
• Interlingua: libertate de parola, libertate de expression
• Italian: libertà di parola f
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• Japanese: 言論の自由 (げんろんのじゆう, genron-no jiyū)
• Korean: 표현의 자유 (pyohyeonui jayu)
• Latvian: vārda brīvība f
• Macedonian: слобода на говор f (sloboda na govor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ytringsfrihet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: ytringsfridom m

• Persian: آزادی بیان (âzâdi-ye bayân)
• Polish: wolność słowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: liberdade de expressão (pt) f
• Russian: свобо́да сло́ва (ru) f (svobóda slóva)
• Scottish Gaelic: saorsa cainnte f
• Serbo-Croatian: слобода говора f, sloboda govora f
• Slovak: sloboda slova f
• Slovene: svoboda govora f
• Spanish: libertad de palabra f, libertad de expresión (es) f
• Swahili: uhuru wa maoni
• Swedish: yttrandefrihet (sv)
• Thai: เสรีภาพในการพูด (săyree pâap nai gaan pôot)
• Turkish: ifade özgürlüğü
• Ukrainian: свобо́да сло́ва f (svobóda slóva)
• Urdu: آزادی گفتار
• Vietnamese: tự do ngôn luận

See also

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