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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sarvabhaumik matadhikar
"भारतीय संविधान ने सभी नागरिकों को सार्वभौमिक मताधिकार प्रदान किया है।"
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2 senses- 1
The right of all adult citizens to vote in democratic elections.
"The historic constitution guaranteed universal suffrage for every citizen regardless of gender or property ownership." - 2
The extension of the franchise to all eligible members of a state.
"Universal suffrage became the core demand of the civil rights and feminist movements in the early 20th century."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'universal' from Latin 'universalis' (relating to all, from universum) and 'suffrage' from Latin 'suffragium' (voting tablet, vote, support). Historically emerging during the democratic movements and revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries, it evolved to describe the extension of the right to vote to all adult citizens without distinction of race, sex, belief, or wealth.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Universal suffrage" is said worldwide
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suffrage universel
Transliteration: syf.ʁaʒ y.ni.vɛʁ.sɛl
"Le suffrage universel a été adopté en France en 1848."
allgemeines Wahlrecht
Transliteration: ˈalɡəmaɪnəs ˈvaːlʁɛçt
"Das allgemeine Wahlrecht ist ein Grundpfeiler der Demokratie."
suffragio universale
Transliteration: sufˈfradʒo uni-verˈsale
"Il suffragio universale garantisce il diritto di voto a tutti i cittadini."
sufragio universal
Transliteration: suˈfɾaxjo uniβerˈsal
"El sufragio universal es indispensable para una sociedad democrática."
sufrágio universal
Transliteration: suˈfɾaʒu universaɫ
"O sufrágio universal foi uma conquista histórica dos trabalhadores."
सार्वभौमिक मताधिकार
Transliteration: sarvabhaumik matadhikar
"भारतीय संविधान ने सभी नागरिकों को सार्वभौमिक मताधिकार प्रदान किया है।"
普选权
Transliteration: pǔ xuǎn quán
"争取普选权是现代民主运动的核心。"
보통선거
Transliteration: botong seongeo
"대한민국 헌법은 보통선거의 원칙을 보장합니다."
普通選挙
Transliteration: futsū senkyo
"普通選挙は民主主義の根本的な原則です。"
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