HyperDic: right_to_the_pursuit_of_happiness

English > 1 sense of the expression *right to the pursuit of happiness*:
NOUN	attribute	right to the pursuit of happiness	the right to try / try to find happiness

English > *right to the pursuit of happiness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The right to try / try to find happiness.
Broader	human right	(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)