dispossessed
- adjective
- /ˌdɪspəˈzɛst/
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desposeído
- After losing their home in the storm, the family felt dispossessed and uncertain about their future.
The reason that of social sciences is to regain, to give to those who have been dispossessed, to re empower them.
- The reason that of social sciences is to regain, to give to those who have been dispossessed, to re empower them.
- And one of the consequences of that sort of communicatory ability is that the dispossessed get a little bit more power.
- It was this idea that you want to give the dispossessed people who'd be most harmed by the Depression a stake in the existing order.
Examples
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He took the side of the poor and the dispossessed against the elites.
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The documentary highlighted the lives of dispossessed communities living in makeshift shelters.
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And one of the consequences of that sort of communicatory ability is that the dispossessed get a little bit more power.
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And one of the consequences of that sort of communicatory ability is that the dispossessed get a little bit more power.
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The reason that of social sciences is to regain, to give to those who have been dispossessed, to re empower them.
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That's hurting young, poor, dispossessed blacks and Latinos the most.
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That's hurting young, poor, dispossessed blacks and Latinos the most.
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It was this idea that you want to give the dispossessed people who'd be most harmed by the Depression a stake in the existing order.
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Many dispossessed individuals gathered in the park to discuss their struggles and seek support.
Synonyms
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1.4
Not having a home or feeling you have no place to belong
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7.5
Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck
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4.9
A person who does not own any land
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4.1
With no top covering so rain and wind can get in
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8.4
Not having a home, money, or other things of value
People who do not have a permanent home
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
dispossessed = dispossess (semi-transparent) = dis + possess + ed
This is a regular participial adjective formed from the verb 'dispossess' with a directly predictable passive meaning.
Etymology
The word dispossessed breaks into dis- meaning 'away' or 'not' and possess meaning 'to have', as in possession. So it paints the image of people pushed away from what they own, which is why dispossessed means without a home or property.