civil rights

English

Noun

civil rights pl (normally plural, singular civil right)

1. The rights that can reasonably be expected by any citizen.
2. (US) Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.
   • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

     The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

Derived terms

• civil rightist
• civil rights movement

 

Related terms

• absolute right
• civil liberties
• fundamental right
• human right
• natural right
• neuroright

 

Translations

rights deserved by all people under all circumstances

• Basque: eskubide zibilak pl
• Catalan: drets civils
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 民權 / 民权 (man⁴ kyun⁴) (man4kyun4)

  Mandarin: 民權 / 民权 (zh) (mínquán), 公民權 / 公民权 (zh) (gōngmínquán)

• Czech: občanská práva n pl
• Danish: borgerlige rettigheder c pl, borgerrettigheder c pl
• Dutch: burgerrechten (nl)
• Finnish: kansalaisoikeudet (fi) pl
• French: droits civiques m pl
• Georgian: სამოქალაქო უფლებები (samokalako uplebebi)
• German: Grundrechte (de) n pl, Bürgerrechte (de) n pl
• Hawaiian: pono kīwila
• Hungarian: polgárjog (hu), állampolgári jog
• Icelandic: borgaraleg réttindi
• Irish: cearta sibhialta m pl
• Italian: diritti civili (it)
• Japanese: 民権 (みんけん, minken), 公民権 (ja) (こうみんけん, kōminken)
• Polish: prawa obywatelskie
• Portuguese: direitos civis m pl
• Romanian: drepturi civile (ro)
• Russian: гражда́нские права́ n pl (graždánskije pravá)
• Spanish: derechos humanos (es) m pl
• Swedish: medborgerliga rättigheter c pl
• Tagalog: bayanhing karapatan