Definitions for Rights
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1. Rights

   Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology. The history of social conflicts has often involved attempts to define and redefine rights. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived".

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1. Rights

   Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology. Rights are often considered fundamental to civilization, being regarded as established pillars of society and culture, and the history of social conflicts can be found in the history of each right and its development. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived." The connection between rights and struggle cannot be overstated — rights are not as much granted or endowed as they are fought for and claimed, and the essence of struggles past and ancient are encoded in the spirit of current concepts of rights and their modern formulations.

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1. rights

   Plural form of the word right.

   The civil rights movement made great changes throughout society.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 7, 2020  

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   rights

   Social, ethical and moral principles, legislation, rules, entitlement or guidelines that empower optimum health, human rights, democracy, right to life, the fasttrack cocreation of socialism, socialist unity government, socialist policies, the fasttrack of building public housing on public land using nationalized construction organizations, free education, unity, stability, redistribution of wealth and resources across a country, freedom and the sharing of income, wealth and time locally, regionally, nationally, europeanlly and internationally for the shared optimum health, human rights, peace, prosperity and freedom of human beings and animals.

   Our rights are simple and easy to create and achieve together as a united humanity and animals.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rights' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #751

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rights' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1437

Anagrams for Rights »

1. girths

How to pronounce Rights?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rights in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rights in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Rights in a Sentence

1. Sheila Jackson Lee:

   When you have a mother tell you directly that she's in fear that she will never see her child again, and when the United Nations Human Rights Commission indicate to the Trump administration that you are violating human rights, then you know that what we are saying today is President Trump, cease and desist.

2. Naledi Pandor:

   It can't be that I'm a victim of sexual violence and I cannot make a choice as to my body and my reproductive rights.

3. Bill Nelson:

   I look forward to meeting with the president's nominee in the coming weeks to discuss his views on several important issues such as protecting women's rights, guaranteeing access to health care for those with pre-existing conditions and protecting the right to vote, just to name a few, i will make my decision after that.

4. Composition Joy Karega:

   I will challenge the college’s decision and assault on my substantive rights through all the avenues I have available to me, the Oberlin community doesn’t deserve this racist, arbitrary attack which has damaged the name and reputation of ‘Oberlin.’.

5. Mike Kupsta:

   European Union-So many tribes, so many rights. USA-One constitution. EU - mess.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Rights