disenfranchisement
9
9.3
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈfrænʧɪsˌmənt/
- Formal
:
despojo de derechos
- Activists are campaigning to end the disenfranchisement of individuals with felony convictions, advocating for their right to vote.
- disenfranchisement of felons
- sense of disenfranchisement
- disenfranchisement and degradation
Your advocacy, your opinions from the bench land as absolute disenfranchisement of their rights and does land.
- Your advocacy, your opinions from the bench land as absolute disenfranchisement of their rights and does land.
Examples
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But the South, which represents the majority of mankind, began to sense its disenfranchisement and potential dispossession.
Academic text (1995) -
Above all, Achebe imagines female subjects who resist multiple forms of disenfranchisement as well as their omission from political dialogue.
Academic text (2017) -
The disenfranchisement of black people in America is by design, written into the actual DNA of this country.
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The Jones Act included some reforms, such as an elected Senate, but the fundamental disenfranchisement remained.
Academic text (1997) -
The rappers and their groups brought into focus the disenfranchisement of inner-city African Americans.
Academic text (2007) -
A large number of black Southerners responded to the rising tide of racial violence and disenfranchisement by turning inward.
Academic text (2008) -
But Kurdish empowerment through the democratic process need not mean disenfranchisement for the local Arabs and Turkoman communities.
Academic text (2007) -
Patterns of sustained disenfranchisement and marginalization have entrenched Kashmiri collective feelings of alienation from the Indian state.
Academic text (2009) -
Under the Voting Rights Act, the federal government addressed the disenfranchisement of citizens in states with a history of voter suppression.
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The disenfranchisement of many eligible voters during the last election raised concerns about the fairness of the democratic process.
Synonyms
19
7.4
Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law
1
9.8
A situation that prevents people from voting
1
7.2
Leaving or being removed from an organization such as a school
A loss of the right to get a benefit like housing or health care
A formal action that removes someone from a group for breaking rules
Antonyms
How Severe
- Formal
9
7.3
- Formal
9
9.3
- Formal
71
4.6
64
4.2
340
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
disenfranchisement = disenfranchise (semi-transparent) = dis + en + franchise + ment
The noun is a standard and readily interpretable -ment formation from the verb 'disenfranchise'.
Etymology
Disenfranchisement comes from the parts dis- 'not' and franchise 'a right', and franchise is related to the idea of being 'free', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone losing their 'franchise' or freedom to take part. So disenfranchisement means the act of taking away someone's rights, especially the right to vote.