freedom from discrimination
- noun
- Formal
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libertad de discriminación
- Addressing a news conference in Geneva on Friday, OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville said that the laws breach Cameroon's international human rights commitments and violate rights to privacy and freedom from discrimination.
Examples
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Their fights, which are almost never violent, are usually about local political power, public jobs, and respect, i.e., the freedom from discrimination and hostile stereotypes.
Academic text (1992) -
Such rights are the pillars of American democracy: freedom of religion and its corollary, the separation of church and state; freedom of speech and press; freedom to travel and settle wherever one's means will allow; freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or sex.
Academic text (1992) -
However, very few students identified freedom from discrimination, and they also placed it at 3.65, low on the scale of importance.
Academic text (1993) -
"She retorts: "There is nothing new or special about the right to life and security of person, the right to freedom from discrimination." 151
Academic text (2016) -
Areas of minor discrepancies were in the categories of freedom from discrimination, which women placed higher in importance than men, and the right to employment, which the male students placed higher in importance than the women.
Academic text (1993) -
Freedom from discrimination received the least recognition (24.15%).
Academic text (1993) -
If that God is directing him, or a majority of voters, to discriminate against others, then Mr. Ahlstrom's God and every other God are going to have to take a back seat to the American guarantee of freedom from discrimination.
Blog text (2) -
Everyone deserves freedom from discrimination based on their gender, race, or religious beliefs.
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Many countries have laws in place that ensure freedom from discrimination for all citizens regardless of their background.
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The organization advocates for freedom from discrimination in the workplace, aiming to create a more inclusive environment.
Synonyms
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4.2
Treating all people fairly and equally without bias
Antonyms
How Protected
293
2.2
- Formal
974
1.0
1
3.9
25
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
freedom + from + discrimination
The meaning is directly compositional: 'freedom' (absence of constraint) + 'from' (separation/protection against) + 'discrimination' (unjust treatment) yields 'absence of unfair treatment.' The 'freedom from X' pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can reliably infer this meaning.
Etymology
Freedom from discrimination may come from the image of people breaking chains or barriers to gain freedom from discrimination. That's why it means 'the right not to be treated unfairly'.