suffrage
/ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈʌfrɪdʒ] /ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈʌfrɪdʒ] /ˈsə-frij How to pronounce suffrage (audio) sometimes -fə-rij How to pronounce suffrage (audio)/ (ame, mw)
suffrage — noun
1. the legal right of people in a country or community to choose their political re
the legal right of people in a country or community to choose their political representatives in elections
The museum's new exhibit traces the fight for women's suffrage in Britain.
fight for suffrage — common historical pattern
Bao wrote a history paper on how universal suffrage changed Taiwan's elections.
universal suffrage — voting rights for all adults
After years of protest, the law finally granted suffrage to all adult citizens.
Yara joined a campus march marking a century of women's suffrage.
Henrik argued that property rules once limited suffrage in the province.
- franchise
more formal and often used in legal or historical discussion about the vote as a civil right
- voting rights
the more common modern phrase, especially in journalism and public debate
- disenfranchisement
the condition of being denied the right to vote
文法句型
fight for suffrage
grant suffrage to [group]
universal suffrage
用法筆記
Mostly used in historical, legal, and political writing, often with modifiers such as women's, universal, or equal. In modern everyday English, people more often say voting rights.