enfranchisement
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The implication isn't hard to suss out: if women use our enfranchisement to vote for our rights, then we're somehow "abusing" our right to vote.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024
Throughout the 1970s, the pursuit of public aid, affirmative action and political enfranchisement was funneled by federal policymakers into private enterprise.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
“We still started a conversation about teen enfranchisement, and I think that’s really valuable regardless of outcome,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
The Voting Rights Act set off a wave of enfranchisement of Black citizens, with more than 250,000 registering to vote before the end of 1965.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
This is certainly a misunderstanding, but it can hardly be accounted for either by the enfranchisement of the peasant or the decay of the frank-pledge.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
