enfranchised
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.
Adjective
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endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
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