academic freedom

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of German akademische Freiheit.[1] First attested in English in 1901.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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academic freedom (countable and uncountable, plural academic freedoms)

  1. The right to teach, learn and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.

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References

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)