enfranchised

Thân thiện

A newly enfranchised citizen casts her first ballot.

Definition

Adjective: - Endowed with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote: Describes a person or group that has been granted the legal rights and privileges of a citizen, most notably the franchise, which is the right to vote in public elections.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • After the 19th Amendment was ratified, women in the United States were fully enfranchised.
  • The new law enfranchised thousands of previously excluded residents.
  • In a true democracy, all adult citizens should be enfranchised.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Legal Context: The term is often used in historical and legal discussions about the expansion of voting rights to disenfranchised groups, such as non-landowners, racial minorities, or women.
  • The series of Reform Acts in the 19th century gradually enfranchised more of the British male population.

Variants and Related Words

• Enfranchise (verb): To grant the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
  • The government's goal was to enfranchise the indigenous population.
• Enfranchisement (noun): The act of enfranchising or the state of being enfranchised.
  • The enfranchisement of young adults at age 18 was a significant social change.

Synonyms

• Empowered: Given authority or power.
• Franchised: Granted a privilege or right, especially the right to vote.
• Liberated: Set free from legal, social, or political restrictions.

Antonyms

• Disenfranchised: Deprived of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
  • Despite being tax-paying residents, they remained disenfranchised and could not vote.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote