a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
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enfranchisement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | franchise |
| Type of | legal right |
| Has types | vote, right to vote, suffrage |
| Derivation | enfranchise |
enfranchisement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | certification |
| Type of | authorization, authorisation, empowerment |
| Has types | accreditation |
enfranchisement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | freedom |
| Derivation | enfranchise |
Examples of enfranchisement
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This period was characterized by low levels of enfranchisement among nationals.
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The Irish Patriot Party, led by Henry Grattan, pushed for greater enfranchisement.
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Signing up with a legion allowed the possibility of loot and land enfranchisement.
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Enfranchisement of adivasis-except Newars-seldom advanced beyond lip service.
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This latter policy created friction with Palmerston, who strongly opposed enfranchisement.
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Ideas about enfranchisement, liberty, and equality were widespread.
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The plebeians had recently achieved full political enfranchisement.
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This will require greater economic enfranchisement of said masses.
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- Freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- Franchise: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- Certification: the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
- (enfranchise) affranchise: grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
- Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ...
- The act of enfranchising; The release from slavery; The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
- (enfranchise) To grant the franchise to an entity. Generally meaning to grant the privilege of voting to a person
- (enfranchised) refers to reforms giving peasants legal ownership of the land they had used before but which had belonged to their lords, i. e., releasing them from serfdom. In the Kingdom of Poland enfranchisement was put into effect in 1863 and 1864.
- In an orthodox Muslim state, only those persons who have embraced the Muslim faith are enfranchised; all others are called upon to pay a poll tax (jizyah), for which they obtain security (aman). ...
