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Definition of Freedom of thought
1. Noun. The right to hold unpopular ideas.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freedom Of Thought
Literary usage of Freedom of thought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"What strikes one first of all in this connexion is the extraordinary freedom of
thought and speech enjoyed by Englishmen during the first half of the ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... claims freedom of thought and purity of motive for itself, and allows them to
others, and denies them to me. But this is nothing. ..."
3. The Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship: Being Commentaries on by James Paterson (1880)
"... freedom of thought in lecturing or addressing audiences.—It is only another
form of the liberty of public meeting, when any person takes upon himself ..."
4. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"... Tbe distinction between common crimes and political and evolutive crimes —
Evolutive and involutive vice — freedom of thought and of action — Political ..."
5. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"The people here who, although governed despotically, still preserve a freedom of
thought, are more disgusted than ever with the French alliance, ..."
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