enfranchise

/in'fræntʃaiz/
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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To grant the right to vote: To give someone the legal right to vote in public elections.
    • To grant freedom or citizenship: To set free, especially from slavery, servitude, or legal restrictions, often conferring the full rights of a citizen.
Usage and Examples
  • Verb:
    • The new law will enfranchise thousands of young citizens who were previously ineligible.
    • The 19th Amendment enfranchised women in the United States.
    • Historically, many societies have enfranchised certain groups only after long struggles.
Advanced Usage
  • "to enfranchise someone": To formally grant voting rights or citizenship to a person or group.
    • The government's plan is to enfranchise the resident immigrant population.
  • "to be enfranchised": To be in the state of having been granted these rights.
    • Once enfranchised, the community gained significant political influence.
Variants and Related Words
  • Enfranchisement (n): The act of enfranchising or the state of being enfranchised.
    • The enfranchisement of the working class was a major social change.
  • Disenfranchise (v): The opposite action; to deprive someone of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
    • Policies that disenfranchise minority voters are undemocratic.
Synonyms
  • Empower: To give authority or power to.
  • Emancipate: To set free from legal, social, or political restrictions.
  • Franchise: To grant a privilege or right, especially the right to vote (this is a less common, more formal synonym).
Antonyms
  • Disenfranchise: To deprive of a right, especially the right to vote.
  • Enslave: To make someone a slave.
  • Subjugate: To bring under domination or control.
Related Phrases and Concepts
  • "The enfranchised populace": Refers to the portion of the population that possesses the right to vote.
    • A healthy democracy depends on an engaged and enfranchised populace.
  • "A struggle for enfranchisement": Describes a historical or political movement aimed at gaining voting rights.
    • The struggle for enfranchisement was central to the civil rights movement.
Verb
  1. grant voting rights
  2. grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
    • Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century

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