UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does universal suffrage mean? 

• UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE has 1 sense:

1. suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("universal suffrage" is a kind of...):

right to vote; suffrage; vote (a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment)