civil rightsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌsɪv.əl ˈraɪts/us/ˌsɪv.əl ˈraɪts/the rights that each person has in a society, whatever their race, sex, or religion:
Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.
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Human rights
- affirmative action
- ageism
- agism
- Amnesty International
- anti-racist
- Bechdel test
- emancipation
- equal opportunity
- equality
- fattist
- feminism
- gay rights
- gender discrimination
- human rights
- inequality
- positive discrimination
- sisterhood
- suffragette
- women's libber
- women's liberation
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