a discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech

English - Turkish

Definition of a discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

chilling effect

soğutma etkisi

English - English

Definition of a discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech in English English dictionary

chilling effect

The hate crimes bill would allow recent racist statements by a suspect to be used as evidence that a crime was racially motivated; some legislators were concerned that this provision could have an undue chilling effect on speech that could be construed as racist.

Hyphenation

a dis·cour·ag·ing effect, es·pe·cial·ly on cer·tain forms of of·fi·cial·ly le·gal speech