Category: SocietyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

حرية

/ḥurriyya/Roman

English meaning: Freedom

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

الحرية هي حق الإنسان في التفكير والتعبير والتصرف دون قيود تعسفية. وهي من أسمى القيم الإنسانية التي ناضلت من أجلها الشعوب عبر التاريخ.

English Definition

The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

Example

الحرية حق مقدس لكل إنسان.

In English: Freedom is a sacred right for every human being.

Synonyms

  • استقلال
  • تحرر

Antonyms / Opposites

  • قيد
  • عبودية

Literary Heritage

أَنتُم وَأَبنَاؤُكُم أَبنَاءُ الحَيَاةِ الَّتِي تَشتَاقُ إِلَى نَفسِهَا

/Antum wa-abnāʾukum abnāʾu al-ḥayāti allatī tashtāqu ilā nafsihā/

You and your children are the children of life that longs for itself.

Khalil Gibran · Poet and Philosopher · 19th–20th century CE

Al-Arwah al-Mutamarridah (Spirits Rebellious)

Al-Arwah al-Mutamarridah, 'The Children', 1908

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