disfranchised
- adjective
- /dɪsˈfrænˌtʃaɪzd/
- Formal
:
despojado de derechos
- During the election, several citizens were disfranchised due to strict voter ID laws.
Examples
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Many people felt that the new laws would leave them disfranchised and unable to express their opinions.
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They were explicitly disfranchised, not just by some subterfuge or some indirect way.
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The community protested against policies that disfranchised low-income families from voting.
Synonyms
A person who cannot vote because they lack citizenship or legal qualifications
Antonyms
How Enfranchised
Surface Forms
Morphology
disfranchised = disfranchise (semi-transparent) = dis + franchise + ed
The adjective is a regular past-participial form of the verb 'disfranchise' and keeps the same meaning.
Etymology
The word disfranchised splits into dis- meaning 'not' or 'take away' and franchise from an old word for 'freedom', related to the English word free. So to be disfranchised is to have your rights, especially the right to vote, taken away.