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Emancipation vs Enfranchisement - What's the difference?

emancipation | enfranchisement | Related terms |

Emancipation is a related term of enfranchisement.


As nouns the difference between emancipation and enfranchisement

is that emancipation is emancipation while enfranchisement is the act of enfranchising.

emancipation

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
  • The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
  • US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

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    enfranchisement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of enfranchising
  • The release from slavery
  • The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
  • (UK, legal) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold
  • enfranchisement of copyhold