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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freedom of the press mean?
• FREEDOM OF THE PRESS (noun)
The noun FREEDOM OF THE PRESS has 1 sense:
1. a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
Familiarity information: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("freedom of the press" is a kind of...):
civil right (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 of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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