English Dictionary

chilling effect

名詞

(law) A discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech. / Synonym of windchill.

日本語の意味

法的文脈：公的な言論や表現が公式な規制や法的措置により抑制される効果、すなわち表現の自由に対する抑止効果。 / 気象学的文脈：風によって体感温度が下がる現象、実際の温度以上に寒さを感じる効果（windchillの意味）。

The city's new surveillance policy had a chilling effect on journalists, who began to self-censor to avoid trouble.

市の新たな監視政策はジャーナリストに萎縮効果を与え、彼らはトラブルを避けるために自己検閲を始めた。

意味（1）

(law) A discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech.

A “chilling effect,” a phrase invoked with numbing regularity these days, is the shibboleth that civil libertarians have brandished for a couple of decades against actions that could deter the press from exercising its constitutional freedom.

意味（2）

Synonym of windchill.

chilling effects （ plural ）