enfranchisement

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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election a time when enfranchisement was limited to white males who owned property

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Recent Examples of enfranchisement In theory, this transition inaugurates a chapter of enfranchisement, but in the next scene the Senegalese businessmen are in suits, and the white men return with briefcases full of money as bribes. Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Through these dual histories, photography emerges as both a tool of domination and a medium of emancipation.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In many ways, this was going to be Virginia Giuffre’s emancipation.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Decades of fighting for women’s suffrage in the United States found success in 1920, which kicked off a decade of some relaxation of the restrictions on women.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked to wedge women’s lives into the laws of the land.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the great debate between integration and separation, which approach would ultimately bring Black Americans true liberation?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While Mamdani has received a torrent of scrutiny over his unwavering commitment to Palestinian liberation and attacks from both Democrats and Republicans over his socialistic policies, the rally served to drive home the message that Mamdani’s platform has been a winning one.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Enfranchisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchisement. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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