Suffrage vs Referendum - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
(countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
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The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
(US) The right of women to vote.
(countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
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* (rfdate) Creed of Pope Pius IV
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(countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
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(uncountable) Aid, intercession.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
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(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment
(diplomacy) A note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions
As nouns the difference between suffrage and referendum
is that suffrage is the right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision while referendum is a direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.suffrage
English
(wikipedia suffrage)Noun
(en-noun)- universal suffrage''''', ''women's '''suffrage''''', ''negro '''suffrage
- I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
- Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
- Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
