دیکشنری فارسی

clear and present danger

ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

The phrase 'clear and present danger' was coined by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in a 1919 Supreme Court decision.

مثال

  • The government invoked the concept of clear and present danger to justify restricting certain forms of expression.
  • The court ruled that the defendant's speech constituted a clear and present danger to national security.
  • The principle of clear and present danger balances free speech rights with the need to protect public safety.

تعریف انگلیسی

noun
  1. a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged “no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety”

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همهٔ ۲۹۱٬۲۱۲ واژه، بدون نیاز به اینترنت.

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