Enfranchisement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

freedom from political subjugation or servitude

a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛnfɹˈæntʃaɪzmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛnfɹˈantʃaɪzmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛnfɹˈantʃaɪzmənt/

5 syllables Say it as /ɛnfɹˈæntʃaɪzmənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

franchise certification

Antonyms

disenfranchisement

Word Forms

enfranchise	verb	grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
certify	verb	authorize officially

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Entrechtung

Freiheit von politischer Unterwerfung oder Knechtschaft

🇫🇷French

affranchissement

liberté de sujétion politique ou de servitude

🇪🇸Spanish

emancipación

libertad de subyugación política o servidumbre

🇮🇹Italian

affrancamento

libertà dalla sottomissione o dalla servitù politica

🇳🇱Dutch

stemrecht

vrijheid van politieke onderwerping of dienstbaarheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

emancipação

liberdade de subjugação política ou servidão

🇷🇺Russian

предоставление избирательных прав

свобода от политического порабощения или рабства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुक्ति

राजनीतिक अधीनता या दासता से मुक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

ভোটাধিকার

রাজনৈতিক পরাধীনতা বা দাসত্ব থেকে স্বাধীনতা

🇮🇳Tamil

உரிமையளிப்பு

அரசியல் அடிபணிதல் அல்லது அடிமைத்தனத்திலிருந்து விடுதலை

🇮🇳Telugu

హక్కును కల్పించడం

రాజకీయ అణచివేత లేదా బానిసత్వం నుండి స్వేచ్ఛ

🇮🇳Marathi

मताधिकार

राजकीय अधीनता किंवा गुलामगिरीपासून स्वातंत्र्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

મતાધિકાર

રાજકીય તાબેદારી અથવા ગુલામીમાંથી સ્વતંત્રતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಕ್ಕುದಾರಿಕೆ

ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಅಧೀನತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಗುಲಾಮಗಿರಿಯಿಂದ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തൽ

രാഷ്ട്രീയ അടിമത്തത്തിൽ നിന്നോ അടിമത്തത്തിൽ നിന്നോ ഉള്ള സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਧਿਕਾਰ

ਸਿਆਸੀ ਅਧੀਨਗੀ ਜਾਂ ਗੁਲਾਮੀ ਤੋਂ ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

حق رائے دہی

سیاسی غلامی یا غلامی سے آزادی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

选举权

免于政治征服或奴役的自由

🇯🇵Japanese

権利化

政治的抑圧や隷属からの自由

🇰🇷Korean

선거권 부여

정치적 예속이나 예속으로부터의 자유

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhượng quyền

tự do khỏi sự nô lệ hoặc nô lệ chính trị

🇹🇭Thai

การให้สิทธิ์

อิสรภาพจากการกดขี่ทางการเมืองหรือภาระจำยอม

🇮🇩Indonesian

pembebasan

kebebasan dari penaklukan atau perbudakan politik

🇲🇾Malay

pemberian hak milik

kebebasan daripada penaklukan atau perhambaan politik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حق التصويت

التحرر من الاستعباد السياسي أو العبودية

🇮🇷Persian

حق رای دادن

آزادی از انقیاد یا بردگی سیاسی

🇹🇷Turkish

oy kullanma hakkı

Siyasi boyun eğdirme veya kölelikten kurtulma özgürlüğü

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַעֲנָקַת זְכוּת הַצבָּעָה

חופש מכפיפות פוליטית או עבדות

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