- civil rights
- civil rights 1721, Amer.Eng.; specifically of black U.S. citizens from 1866.
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Civil rights — civil rights … Dictionary of sociology
civil rights — n. The rights of all citizens to personal liberties, freedom, and equality; rights specifically granted through laws enacted by communities, as opposed to civil liberties, which are rights that the government is not allowed to restrict. The… … Law dictionary
Civil rights — may refer to several different things:* Civil and political rights: A class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on gender, religion, race … Wikipedia
civil rights — Rights which are recognized as belonging to all individuals in a society, which can be upheld by appeal to the law, and are not subject to arbitrary denial either by individuals or the state. They are usually defended in terms of the protection… … Dictionary of sociology
civil rights — n [plural] the rights that every person should have, such as the right to vote or to be treated fairly by the law, whatever their sex, race, or religion civil rights demonstration/movement etc ▪ a civil rights leader →↑bill of rights … Dictionary of contemporary English
civil rights — civil right civil right, civil rights civil rights a legal right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship, including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
civil rights — noun plural * the basic rights that all people in a society should have, for example the right to be treated fairly by the law, the right to express your ideas, and the right to practice your religion: the civil rights movement of the 1960s a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
civil rights — [n] freedoms of citizens civil liberties, constitutional rights, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedoms, God given rights, rights; concept 376 … New thesaurus
civil rights — civil rights, adj. (often caps.) 1. rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group. 2. the rights to full legal … Universalium
Civil Rights — [ sɪvɪl raɪts, englisch], die Bürgerrechte, Rechtsvorschriften des Bundes und der Gliedstaaten der USA zur Vermeidung jeglicher Ungleichbehandlung von Bürgern wegen ihrer Rasse, Hautfarbe, Abstammung oder Religion (Diskriminierung). Während die … Universal-Lexikon
civil rights — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality … English terms dictionary
