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Definition of civil rights noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

civil rights

noun
 
/ˌsɪvl ˈraɪts/
 
/ˌsɪvl ˈraɪts/
[plural]
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  1. the rights that every person in a society has, for example to be treated equally, to be able to vote, work, etc. whatever their sex, race or religion
    • the civil rights leader Martin Luther King
    • civil rights for disabled people
    • the civil rights movement
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil rights is used before these nouns:
    • demonstration
    • enforcement
    • era
    • …
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