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ENFRANCHISEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
Synonyms:
certification; enfranchisement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("enfranchisement" is a kind of...):
authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enfranchisement"):
accreditation (the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards))
Antonym:
disenfranchisement (the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
Synonyms:
enfranchisement; franchise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("enfranchisement" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enfranchisement"):
right to vote; suffrage; vote (a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment)
Derivation:
enfranchise (grant voting rights)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Freedom from political subjugation or servitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("enfranchisement" is a kind of...):
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
Derivation:
enfranchise (grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude)
