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Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
Rutherford B. Hayes

Meaning of "universal suffrage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

universal suffrage  [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəl ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

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Universal suffrage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens, though it may also mean extending that right to minors and non-citizens. Although suffrage has two necessary components, the right to vote and opportunities to vote, the term universal suffrage is associated only with the right to vote and ignores the frequency that an incumbent government consults the electorate. Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restricted by race, sex, belief, wealth, or social status. In 1893 New Zealand became the first nation in the world to grant universal, male and female adult suffrage. Historically, however, universal suffrage usually referred to adult male suffrage. France was the first nation that announced universal suffrage; it had the first national system that abolished all property requirements as a prerequisite for allowing men to register and vote. Republican France first instituted full male suffrage in 1792. France and Switzerland have recognized full male suffrage continuously since 1848. The German Empire implemented full male suffrage from 1871.

Definition of universal suffrage in the English dictionary

The definition of universal suffrage in the dictionary is the right of all adults to vote in elections.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE


acreage
ˈeɪkərɪdʒ
anchorage
ˈæŋkərɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
beverage
ˈbɛvərɪdʒ
bridge
brɪdʒ
brokerage
ˈbrəʊkərɪdʒ
Cambridge
ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ
carriage
ˈkærɪdʒ
cartridge
ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ
courage
ˈkʌrɪdʒ
coverage
ˈkʌvərɪdʒ
encourage
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ
fridge
frɪdʒ
leverage
ˈliːvərɪdʒ
marriage
ˈmærɪdʒ
Norwich
ˈnɒrɪdʒ
ossifrage
ˈɒsɪfrɪdʒ
ridge
rɪdʒ
storage
ˈstɔːrɪdʒ
suffrage
ˈsʌfrɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

universal bank
universal beam
universal class
universal coordinated time
universal coupling
universal donor
universal gas constant
universal grammar
universal joint
universal motor
Universal Product Code
universal quantifier
universal set
Universal Soul
Universal Spirit
universal time
universalisability
universalisation
universalise
universalism

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

arbitrage
barrage
burnet saxifrage
entourage
female suffrage
forage
garage
manhood suffrage
mirage
on average
outrage
overage
parking garage
rage
saxifrage
sewerage
tirage
underage
weighted average
women´s suffrage

Synonyms and antonyms of universal suffrage in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «universal suffrage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

Find out the translation of universal suffrage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of universal suffrage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «universal suffrage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

普选
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sufragio universal
570 millions of speakers

English

universal suffrage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वभौमिक मताधिकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاقتراع العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

всеобщее избирательное право
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sufrágio universal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সার্বজনীন ভোটাধিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

suffrage universel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hak pilih sejagat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

das allgemeine Wahlrecht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

普通選挙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보통 선거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hak pilih universal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phổ thông đầu phiếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலகளாவிய வாக்குரிமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वत्रिक मत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel oy hakkı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suffragio universale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powszechne prawo wyborcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загальне виборче право
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sufragiu universal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθολική ψηφοφορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

universele stemreg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmän rösträtt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

allmenn stemmerett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of universal suffrage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE»

The term «universal suffrage» is normally little used and occupies the 115.778 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about universal suffrage

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word universal suffrage.
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Edmund Barton
A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.
2
Salmon P. Chase
Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice.
3
Richard Flanagan
Among many other reforms, Australians pioneered the secret ballot and universal suffrage.
4
Delphine de Girardin
Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.
5
Rutherford B. Hayes
Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
6
Rutherford B. Hayes
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.
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C. L. R. James
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
8
Michel Onfray
Socialists find me too far left; Trotskyites not far enough; ecologists say I am too happy eating foie gras, defending nuclear energy and GM plants; feminists find I am not enough of a woman; anarchists a petit-bourgeois who has sold out because I believe in universal suffrage.
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Ernestine Rose
Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.'
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Ida B. Wells
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE»

Discover the use of universal suffrage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to universal suffrage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The British Conservative Party in the Age of Universal ...
They also developed effective educational and propaganda methods that gave the party the edge in retaining supporters and winning elections. This book examines both organizational and ideological innovation at the national and local levels.
Neal Robert McCrillis, 1998
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Universal Suffrage: Female Suffrage
24 UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. sense says: Choose the ablest, wisest, and best men among yon to be your legislators, your executive officers, your judges. Ignorance, and folly, and political fanaticism come along and say: "A man is a man," "one ...
Republican (not a "Radical"), 1867
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Universal Suffrage: An Address by Hon. B. Gratz Brown : ...
And it may be anticipated, therefore that the insistence upon universal suffrage Where it has not heretofore obtained will have to confront objection of a most strenuous character. In the present case, and as applied to the rebel States, that ...
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1865
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The Elective Franchise in Ancient Times: Or, Universal ...
William Mawdesly BEST. THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE IN ANCIENT TIMES: 03, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, MANHOOD SUFFRAGE, OR RESIDENTIAL MANHOOD SUFFRAGE, NEVER THE LAW OF ENGLAND. REFORM in the representation ...
William Mawdesly BEST, 1867
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The rights of property vindicated against the claims of ...
CHAP. XV. Universal Suffrage could not alter the Distinction of Rich and Poor. Under every form of society, there must be rich and poor, as well as healthy and sick, strong and weak. Even Universal Suffrage, with all its wonder-working powers, ...
Robert Fellowes, 1818
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Universal suffrage & complete equality in citizenship
BY. REV. HENRY. WARD. BEECHER,. Delivered at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Sunday Evening, Feb. 12, 1805. " l'rincca shall come out of Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out hor hands unto God." — Psalm lxiii. 3* (J. No other people can ...
7
Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot in Australia ... An ...
... in manufactures which legislative action could at any time destroy.” UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND VOTE BY BALLOT are destroying the monied interest, and it is the old story of the starving of the belly and the paralyzing of the limbs. 3.
Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley Earl of Derby, 1867
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The Way to Universal Suffrage
PREFACE. There is little new in the following sheets — usefulness, not originality , was aimed at. The facts are matter of history, the reasonings have, most of them, been reasoned a thousand times over. The plan for a general and efficient ...
Tyne Chartist, 1839
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Address in favor of Universal Suffrage, for the Election of ...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. ballot to all women and black men not worth $250? If this right of suffrage is not an individual right, from what abstract place and abstract body did you get it? Is this right of franchise a conventional arrangement,  ...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1867
10
The bill of the late duke of Richmond for universal suffrage ...
Parliament acts. shall return into the court of Chancery, so that it may arrive there on or before the 1st of April next, a list of such boroughs within his county, certified under the hands and seals of the said foreman, and of all the members who ...
Parliament acts, 1817

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term universal suffrage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Block of Hong Kong political reform plan only a temporary setback …
Today should have marked a new era for Hong Kong, one in which long-held hopes of universal suffrage were finally realised. We should be celebrating the ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
2
Authorities steadfast in promoting HK's universal suffrage
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities are steadfast in promoting a universal suffrage package proposed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative ... «Xinhua, Jun 15»
3
Let the people of Hong Kong have their say
On April 22, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region released the Method for Selecting the Chief Executive by Universal Suffrage to the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
giant strides towards universal suffrage
Abu Dhabi: The UAE has, over the past decade, laid the foundation for universal suffrage — that is, the right of every citizen aged 18 to vote. The upcoming 2015 ... «gulfnews.com, May 15»
5
Hong Kong democracy protesters return to the streets
While Beijing has agreed to grant Hong Kong universal suffrage in the 2017 election, it has mandated that all candidates be screened by a majority pro-Beijing ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
6
Hong Kong must step forward on constitutional reform to avoid …
Universal suffrage for the 2017 election is within reach if discussions on constitutional development are carried out within the framework of the Basic Law and ... «South China Morning Post, Jan 15»
7
Hong Kong: the fight for genuine universal suffrage
Both movements call for genuine universal suffrage for the elections of the chief executive and the Legislative Council (LegCo), which was refused recently by ... «In Defense of Marxism, Sep 14»
8
Scotland referendum turnout highest since universal suffrage
Scotland referendum turnout highest since universal suffrage introduced ... in any election or plebiscite since the introduction of universal suffrage in Britain. «Irish Times, Sep 14»
9
Hong Kong's pan-democrats face a steep climb to universal suffrage
For Albert Ho Chun-yan, who has spent three decades fighting for universal suffrage, the tough ruling by Beijing on Hong Kong's next chief executive election ... «South China Morning Post, Sep 14»
10
Markets more focused on what Hong Kong could lose than universal
If Hong Kong can elect its mayor by universal suffrage - universally meaning "one man, one vote", will not Beijing and Shanghai want the same? This is not to ... «South China Morning Post, Aug 14»

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