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Human right Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Human right has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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)

2

A basic right that all humans should be guaranteed by virtue of them being a human.

See Also
animal rights right to work civil rights khubzism right human basic human rights
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
right
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
right to privacy right to life right to liberty right to the pursuit of happiness freedom of thought equality before the law civil right
Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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