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公民権 (kouminken) Japanese meaning: civil rights | Kotomora
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In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was active in the United States.
The right to vote is one of the important civil rights.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 公こう 民みん 権けん を 得え る for someone to gain civil rights/citizenship rights
She became naturalized and gained civil rights.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 公こう 民みん 権けん を 停てい 止し する to suspend someone's civil rights
公こう 民みん 権けん を 剥はく 奪だつ される to have one's civil rights stripped away
He committed a crime and had his civil rights stripped away.
Kanji 公 public, prince, official 民 people, nation, subjects 権 authority, power, rights Related words 人権 refers to universal human rights held by all people, while 公民権 specifically denotes rights granted to citizens of a nation.
参政権 is the narrower right to vote and participate in government, whereas 公民権 covers the broader set of civic and legal rights of citizenship.
公民権 focuses narrowly on civil/political rights (as in 公民権運動, the civil rights movement), while 市民権 can also mean citizenship as a whole.
Etymology Compound of 公民 (citizen) and 権 (right). The term entered common usage in the modern era, influenced by Western legal concepts.
The civil rights of the convicted person were suspended.
