symbolic speech

Conduct that expresses opinions or thoughts, such as a hunger strike or the wearing of a black armband.

• Symbolic speech does not enjoy the same constitutional protection that pure speech does.

— Also termed speech-plus. Cf. pure speech. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.1(1). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461, 501–503, 539–543, 548–554, 561, 565, 572, 582–584, 603–605, 608, 610.]


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