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hate speech
hate speech definition - legal
n
Speech not protected by the First
Amendment, because it is intended to foster hatred against individuals or
groups based on race, religion, gender, sexual preference, place of national
origin, or other improper classification.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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