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Noun: academic freedom  ,a-ku'de-mik 'free-dum
  1. The freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious, political or institutional restrictions
    "The university defended its policy of academic freedom when a professor's research was criticized"

Derived forms: academic freedoms

Type of: freedom

Encyclopedia: Academic freedom