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Suffrage: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Suffrage noun. The right to vote in public elections.
How to say it
SUF-rij/ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (SUF). Forms: suffragist, suffragette.
Suffrage in a sentence
The campaign for women's suffrage took decades of marches, petitions and arrests.
Universal suffrage came to the island only after independence.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- the vote
- franchise
- enfranchisement
Where suffrage comes from
From Latin suffragium, a vote, or the tablet a vote was cast with.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Universal _____ came to the island only after independence.
- populism
- hoi polloi
- suffrage
Show the answer
suffrage: Universal suffrage came to the island only after independence.