universal suffrage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuniversalandsuffrage
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universal
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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suffrage
noun[U]
uk/ˈsʌf.rɪdʒ/us/ˈsʌf.rɪdʒ/
the right to vote in an election, especially to vote for representatives in ...
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The proposal maintained the existing principles ofuniversalsuffragebut introduced two important changes.
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By contrast, countries in the first wave of democratization became modern states beforeuniversalsuffragewas introduced.
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In common parlance, leaders most prefer autocratic regimes withuniversalsuffrage(implying rigged elections).
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In 1896, the socialist party was founded with effectiveuniversalsuffrageand competitive elections as leading principles of its political platform.
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Alternatively, in democracies withuniversalsuffrage, elected representatives are supported by party members, trade unions, intellectuals, and newspapers.
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The president of the republic is elected for 5 years byuniversalsuffrage.
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Unconcerned with the constitutional complications, he simply wanted "universalsuffrage" to be finally achieved, and was willing to use the courts to do it.
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The most significant letters of this series were about machinery anduniversalsuffrage.
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But would there beuniversalsuffrageand majority rule?
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Depending on their designation,universalsuffragemight not be adopted in some circumstances.
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Universalsuffragewould probably have to be secured in several stages.
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These regions have their own political and administrative structures, government, and local parliament (elected by localuniversalsuffrage).
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The answer must be that they had not foreseen the peculiar workings ofuniversalsuffrage.
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Likewise, little was said aboutuniversalsuffrageby secret ballot, one person one vote, or the protection of the rights of the minority.
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In 1955 these were converted to ' full-practice ' communes, in which mayors and councils were elected byuniversalsuffrage, but this reform affected only those living in major cities.
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For many onlookers, the advent ofuniversalsuffragecould not have arrived at a worse time, raising the spectre of political instability and the rule of the irrational masses.
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By contrast, legitimate governments that lackuniversalsuffrageare likely to be exceptional - at least from a democratic perspective - and are presumptively illegitimate until proven otherwise.
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In anticipation of the 1946 elections, and even more extensively with the advent ofuniversalsuffrage, political parties strove to form trade unions and to compete for working class votes.
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