kansalaisluottamus
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑlɑi̯sˌluo̯tːɑmus/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌluo̞̯t̪ːɑ̝mus̠]
- Rhymes: -uotːɑmus
- Syllabification(key): kan‧sa‧lais‧luot‧ta‧mus
Noun
editkansalaisluottamus
- (law, historical) civil rights, civil good standing (the full rights of a citizen in good standing such as voting, eligibility for office, serving as a witness, etc.)
Usage notes
editHistorically, a person could be sentenced to forfeit their civil good standing as an additional judicial penalty for serious offences. This penalty still appears in the Finnish Criminal Code but is now a dead letter.
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “kansalaisluottamus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02