enfranchisement
English Thesaurus
1. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | accreditation, |
| definition | : | the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards) (noun.act) |
2. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | legal right, |
| definition | : | a right based in law (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | right to vote, suffrage, vote, |
| definition | : | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment (noun.attribute) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. freedom from political subjugation or servitude (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | freedom, |
| definition | : | the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints (noun.state) |
4. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on (noun.act)
| antonym | : | disenfranchisement, |
| definition | : | the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise (noun.act) |
5. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | enfranchise, |
| definition | : | grant voting rights (verb.social) |
6. freedom from political subjugation or servitude (noun.state)
7. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on (noun.act)
| antonym | : | disenfranchisement, |
| definition | : | the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise (noun.act) |
8. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | enfranchise, |
| definition | : | grant voting rights (verb.social) |
9. freedom from political subjugation or servitude (noun.state)
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