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FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freedom of thought mean?
• FREEDOM OF THOUGHT (noun)
The noun FREEDOM OF THOUGHT has 1 sense:
1. the right to hold unpopular ideas
Familiarity information: FREEDOM OF THOUGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The right to hold unpopular ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("freedom of thought" is a kind of...):
human right ((law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law))
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