civil liberty
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərti/
:
libertad civil
- The new law is designed to protect civil liberty, ensuring that everyone can express their opinions freely.
- rights and civil liberties
- civil liberties and political rights
- constitutional civil liberties
But dealing with civil liberties and war, those are two big issues.
- But dealing with civil liberties and war, those are two big issues.
- It would yield all sorts of objections from civil liberties groups, I think quite rightly.
- It rewrote the constitution to curtail civil liberties and declare Hungary a Christian nation.
- How exactly could restricting our civil rights and civil liberties lead to to, to make more freedom?
- And, and he's not for civil liberties, clearly.
- To me, it goes back to our point about civil liberties.
- And so I think that presents a real threat to civil liberties down the road.
- Where's where's where's anyone who cares about civil liberties?
- The ACLU, they're taking away my civil rights, my civil liberties because I can't drive, so I can't work.
- I think we we really lost our Halo in terms of a a protector of civil liberties.
- How you balance that concern with civil liberties issues with making sure that you are following the law.
- The ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union, its side with the Nazi party.
Examples
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In the past two years, there has been an improvement in civil liberties in China.
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If we want others to value civil liberties, we need to stop spying on our own citizens.
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How you balance that concern with civil liberties issues with making sure that you are following the law.
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"The Irish Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, "equal rights and equal opportunities to all."
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But dealing with civil liberties and war, those are two big issues.
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"We are an organisation devoted to civil liberties..."
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Involved citizens who came down here so that local black folk could have their civil liberties.
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Israel, on the other hand, is a parliamentary democracy with established civil liberties.
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The answer to questions about how to balance civil liberties with legitimate security concerns remains elusive.
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Not surprisingly, military surveillance in the 1960s provoked heated debate about civil liberties and the limits of government power.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
The right to act, speak, or think as you want without being stopped
561
3.1
A right the law gives people to be treated equally and have basic freedoms
21
3.3
A basic freedom that the law protects and guarantees to people
10
3.5
The right to choose what to think and do without unfair control by others
9
3.2
The freedom to act, speak, or think without unnecessary restriction
1
5.0
A legal and moral claim to be free from unfair arrest and official control
1
3.6
Legal protections and choices each person has against unfair treatment
Antonyms
How Fundamental
- Formal
84
4.1
- Specialized
21
3.3
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4.6
- Formal
48
3.2
444
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'civil' (relating to citizens/public law) + 'liberty' (freedom) yields freedoms belonging to citizens or protected in civic life. This compositional interpretation matches common cross-linguistic patterns and a B1 learner who knows both words would reliably infer the MWE's basic meaning (the legal protection nuance is minor).
Etymology
Civil liberty comes from two simple ideas: civil means about the citizens of a country and liberty means being free. So, 'civil liberty' is the basic 'rights' or 'freedoms' that the law protects from unfair actions by the 'government'.