ENFRANCHISEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

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)