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suffrage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | right to vote, vote |
| Type of | enfranchisement, franchise |
| Has types | universal suffrage |
| Derivation | suffragette, suffragist |
Examples of suffrage
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In 1902, she moved to Topeka and became active in the women's suffrage movement.
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She also was involved in the national temperance and women's suffrage movements.
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Universal suffrage eventually followed in 1951, and independence 15 years later.
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Suffrage is universal in the Falklands, with the minimum voting age at eighteen.
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The Cortes was to be elected by universal suffrage-albeit by an indirect method.
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I certainly want to see universal suffrage taking place in Hong Kong in my time.
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The system of universal suffrage did not exist in the United Kingdom until 1928.
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Despite their efforts, these amendments did nothing to promote women's suffrage.
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They have ruled out the right to universal suffrage in the years 2007 and 2008.
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- Right to vote: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
- Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ...
- The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision; A kind of prayer; A vote in deciding a particular question
- This entry gives the age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted.
- 18 years of age; universal
- The right to vote in political matters; the franchise. Suffragists were early members of the women's movement who protested in order to win women the vote. The beginnings of the suffrage movement in Canada can be dated to the founding of the Toronto Women's Literary Society in 1877. ...
- The right to vote in parliamentary elections. Also known as 'the franchise'. The Levellers (1645-9) and Chartists (1838-48) campaigned for manhood (adult male) suffrage. The Representation of the People Act of 1918 gave the vote to men over 21 and women over 30. ...
- The right for a group of people, such as adult female citizens, to vote in public elections. Before 1916, only British male subjects who owned land could vote. Alberta became the second Canadian province, after Manitoba, to give women the vote in provincial elections.
- The right to vote in political elections
