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academic freedom

UK/ˌæk.əˌdɛm.ɪk ˈfɹiː.dm̩/US/ˌæk.əˌdɛm.ɪk ˈfɹi.dm̩/

academic freedom noun: the right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.

Noun

academic freedom (countable and uncountable, plural academic freedoms)

  1. The right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.

academic freedom meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

academic freedom in Tamil

அறிவுரிமைகள்

academic freedom in Tagalog

the right to teach or learn freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal
kalayaang pantalisikan, talisikning kalayaan

academic freedom in Malay

the right to teach or learn freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal
kebebasan akademik

academic freedom in Indonesian

the right to teach or learn freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal
kebebasan akademik, kebebasan akademis

Forms of academic freedom

pluralacademic freedoms

Origin of academic freedom

Calque of German akademische Freiheit. First attested in English in 1901.

Questions about academic freedom

What does academic freedom mean?
Academic freedom means the right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.
What is academic freedom in Tamil?
Academic freedom in Tamil is அறிவுரிமைகள். See Academic freedom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is academic freedom?
Academic freedom is a noun.
How do you pronounce academic freedom?
Academic freedom is pronounced /ˌæk.əˌdɛm.ɪk ˈfɹiː.dm̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of academic freedom?
The plural of academic freedom is academic freedoms.

Words near academic freedom in the dictionary

  1. academic art
  2. academic bulimia
  3. academic costume
  4. academic costumes
  5. academic disciplines
  6. academic freedom
  7. academic freedoms
  8. academic institution
  9. academic institutions
  10. academic quarter
  11. academic quarters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: academic freedom (page history and authors); academic freedom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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