🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

자연권

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jayeon-gwon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Natural rights/ˈnæʧ.ər.əl raɪts/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"자연권은 모든 인간이 태어날 때부터 가지는 기본적인 권리이다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Rights that are believed to belong inherently to all individuals by virtue of their human nature, independent of any government, laws, or particular culture.

    "The Declaration of Independence asserts that all people are endowed with certain unalienable natural rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
  2. 2

    Fundamental moral and legal entitlements that supersede positive law.

    "Philosophers argued that governments are instituted primarily to protect the pre-existing natural rights of citizens."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the philosophical concepts developed during the Enlightenment by thinkers such as John Locke, combining the Middle English 'natural' (from Latin 'naturalis') and 'right' (from Old English 'riht'). The term emerged prominently in 17th- and 18th-century political philosophy to denote fundamental human privileges independent of laws or customs.

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