freedom of association
Noun
Meaning
freedom of association (uncountable)
The right of citizens to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests.
Synonym: associational freedom
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Examples
"Citizens must feel that their obedience or disobedience is not a private but a public fact in the interest of everyone and that it must be made widely known. The freedom of association and expression is the first duty/right of every citizen, because it is the way to learn and to teach.
Anti-discrimination law is inconsistent with freedom of association and the right of private property.
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.
Freedom of association, freedom of the press, and academic freedom are restricted.
Ten minutes later, the Unites Nations’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association, Clement Voule, said he was “closely following the situation in Colombia and said “the perpetrators of the excessive use of force must be punished.”
Freedom of association is in jeopardy.