Meaning & use
enfranchisement
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The granting of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
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The 19th Amendment marked a major step in the enfranchisement of women in the United States.
Historians study the gradual enfranchisement of different groups throughout a country's history.
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Enfranchisement is most often discussed in the context of voting rights and political history, contrasted with 'disenfranchisement,' the loss or denial of those rights.
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