The only definition I know is of Chartism (capitalised). This was a political movement in 19th Century Britain which aimed to extend the right to vote to all men (and also to make some other changes to the election system).

I assume this link below was your first stop (or one similar), before asking the question? :) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chartism

Hah! I didn't know but I looked it up in Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism (English Wikipedia) http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C (I think this is the Arabic Wikipedia version of the article)