单词 | universal suffrage |
释义 | > as lemmasuniversal suffrage universal suffrage n. †(a) general agreement or consent (obsolete); (b) the right of all people (formerly, all men) over a certain age in a particular nation, etc., to vote in its political elections. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > extending to whole community universal suffrage1611 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Yy7 Mercator,..who by the vniuersall suffrage of all the learned is esteemed the most excellent cosmographer. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vii. 240 Head..cut in an Onyx, comparable by universal Suffrage to any of the Old Masters. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino v. 3 The Land divided, Right to rule divides, And universal Suffrage then provides. 1783 C. Wyvill Lett. to Comm. of Belfast 13 Where the Right of Universal Suffrage has not been found actually inconsistent with the public safety, it ought not to be abridged. 1799 J. Fleetwood Hist. Holy Bible 534/1 Jonathan, who had now governed the people in the quality both of prince and High-Priest, for the space of four years, his brother Simon, by the universal suffrage and consent of the people, succeeding him. 1859 Harper's Mag. May 836/1 He set forth the wrong which the [Reform] Bill would inflict upon county freeholders, and while deprecating the principle of universal suffrage, advocated the lowering of the franchise below its present rate. 1907 Daily Chron. 3 Sept. 3/3 The adoption of universal suffrage—so quickened the fears of a re-establishment of the Bonapartists on a plebiscitary basis. 1996 Observer 24 Mar. 21/1 The first leadership election held under universal suffrage in five millenniums of Chinese history. < as lemmas |
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