What is another word for Enfranchising?

Pronunciation: [ɛnfɹˈant͡ʃa͡ɪzɪŋ] (IPA)

Enfranchising is the process of giving someone the right to vote or participate in the democratic process. Some synonyms for enfranchising include empowering, granting citizenship, conferring rights, granting suffrage, and bestowing privileges. Other synonymous terms include franchising, endowing, enabling, liberating, and emancipating. Each of these terms refers to the act of granting someone the legal or social right to participate fully in society. Enfranchising has been a crucial aspect of democracy throughout history, particularly in the fight for civil rights and equal representation. Whether through legal reforms or mass social movements, enfranchisement has played a key role in shaping modern society and ensuring equal opportunity for all.

What are the hypernyms for Enfranchising?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    representation, suffrage, Voting Rights, civic engagement, POLITICAL RIGHTS, civic participation, Citizen Rights, Electoral Power, Participation in Government, Political Empowerment.

Usage examples for Enfranchising

On 3 March, '48, he was made Under Secretary of the Navy, and caused a decree to be issued by the Provisional Government Enfranchising all slaves on French territory.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
It cannot be denied that this is taking a good deal of trouble for a very small and not very useful portion of the population of the country: and it is not to be wondered at that many citizens, and not a few Congressmen, are much disposed to cut the knot instead of untying it, and summarily dismiss the Indian as the subject of peculiar consideration, by Enfranchising him, not for any good it may do to him, but for the relief of our legislation.
"The Indian Question (1874)"
Francis A. Walker
The Enfranchising the port of Honfleur at the mouth of the Seine, for multiplying the connections with us, is at present an object.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson

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