free speech

See also: free-speech

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɹiː.spiːtʃ/

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.

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Antonyms
  • compelled speech

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