Phrase guide

freedom of the press

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɹiː.dəm əv ðə ˈpɹɛs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The right of citizens or the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: civil right

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُرِّيَّة اَلصِّحَافَة (ḥurriyyat aṣ-ṣiḥāfa) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Armenian: մամուլի ազատություն (mamuli azatutʻyun) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Bashkir: матбуғат иреге (matbuğat irege) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Basque: prentsa-askatasun — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Bulgarian: свобода на печата (svoboda na pečata) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Bulgarian: свобода на пресата (svoboda na presata) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Catalan: llibertat de premsa — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞自由 /新闻自由 (xīnwén zìyóu) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Danish: trykkefrihed — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Danish: pressefrihed — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Danish: mediefrihed — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Dutch: persvrijheid — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Faroese: fjølmiðlafrælsi — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Finnish: lehdistönvapaus — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Finnish: painovapaus — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • French: liberté de la presse — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Galician: liberdade de prensa — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Georgian: პრესის თავისუფლება (ṗresis tavisupleba) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Georgian: ბეჭდვის თავისუფლება (beč̣dvis tavisupleba) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • German: Pressefreiheit — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Greek: ελευθερία του Τύπου (elefthería tou Týpou) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Hungarian: sajtószabadság — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Icelandic: prentfrelsi — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Icelandic: fjölmiðlafrelsi — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Italian: libertà di stampa — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Japanese: 報道の自由 (hōdō no jiyū) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Korean: 언론(言論)의 자유 (eollon-ui jayu) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Lithuanian: spaudos laisvė — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pressefrihet — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykkefrihet — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prentefridom — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trykkefridom — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Persian: آزادی مطبوعات (âzâdi-ye matbu'ât) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Polish: wolność prasy — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Portuguese: liberdade de imprensa — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Russian: свобо́да печа́ти (svobóda pečáti) — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Scottish Gaelic: saorsa nam meadhanan — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Spanish: libertad de prensa — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Swahili: uhuru wa habari — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Swedish: tryckfrihet — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Swedish: pressfrihet — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Turkish: basın özgürlüğü — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Vietnamese: tự do báo chí — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions
  • Vietnamese: tự do thông tin — right of media to disseminate ideas and opinions