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life rights

noun

An agreement with a person (or a deceased person's estate) to create fictionalized accounts of their life.

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Meanings

nounlife rights pl (plural only)

pluralplural onlyAn agreement with a person (or a deceased person's estate) to create fictionalized accounts of their life.
Netflix paid you $320,000 for your life rights to the series, and you consulted on the project.
2022 February 14, Emily Palmer, “Anna Sorokin on ‘Inventing Anna’ and Life After Rikers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with life rights

lights nights heights knights whites tights brights Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights Panorama Heights squatter's rights trackage rights

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APA

life rights. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20rights

MLA

“life rights.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20rights. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life rights,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20rights.

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