freedom of religion

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

freedom of religion (uncountable)

1. The fundamental human right to hold, adopt, change, or abandon any religion or belief, without the fear of harm or prosecution.

   Synonyms: religious freedom, religious liberty

   Coordinate terms: freedom of movement, freedom of contract, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, right to keep and bear arms

Usage notes

• The use of this phrase may be subject to controversy as it depends on differing interpretations of reasonable restrictions. For example, some religious practices may be forbidden in some countries by human rights legislation.

Translations

the right to hold any religious beliefs

• Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلدِّين f (ḥurriyyat ad-dīn), حُرِّيَّة اَلْمُعْتَقَد f (ḥurriyyat al-muʕtaqad), حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعَبُّد f (ḥurriyyat at-taʕabbud)
• Bulgarian: свобода на вероизповеданието f (svoboda na veroizpovedanieto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗教自由 (zh) (zōngjiào zìyóu)

• Danish: religionsfrihed c
• Dutch: godsdienstvrijheid (nl) f
• Finnish: uskonnonvapaus (fi)
• French: liberté de religion (fr) f, liberté de culte (fr) f
• Galician: liberdade de relixión 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 (ja) (しんきょうのじゆう, shinkyō no jiyū)
• Korean: 종교(宗敎)의 자유(自由) (jonggyo-ui jayu)
• Māori: manawhiri whakapono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: religionsfrihet m or f

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wolność wyznania f
• Portuguese: liberdade de religião f
• Russian: свобо́да вероиспове́дания f (svobóda veroispovédanija)
• Serbo-Croatian: pravo na religiju
• Spanish: libertad de culto f
• Swedish: religionsfrihet (sv) c, trosfrihet (sv) c
• Turkish: din özgürlüğü, inanç özgürlüğü
• Vietnamese: tự do tín ngưỡng, tự do tôn giáo

Further reading

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