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universal suffrage
noun
- suffrage for all persons over a certain age, usually 18 or 21, who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of universal suffrage1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
Never had universal suffrage been treated with such primitive and barbarous contempt.
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Universal suffrage, for example, could not long exist in a community where there was great inequality of property.
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The chartists' petition of that year had asked for universal suffrage.
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In somewhat the same way have petitions recently been sent to Congress in behalf of universal suffrage.
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The Duke of Richmond talked of universal suffrage, equal electoral districts, and annual Parliaments.
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