Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote. Opposite of
enfranchised .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disenfranchise . - adjective Not
represented ; especially, not having theright tovote .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
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Examples
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Since when did the term disenfranchised come to mean my guy didn't win? "
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Palin has been disenfranchised from the Tea Baggers and yet she insists that she will speak at their meeting.
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The final image of Wikus stuck in the slum eating dog food with the rest of the disenfranchised is pretty potent stuff.
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The document is supposed to protect the disenfranchised from the enforcement arm of the state.
April Fool’s, Justice Cosgrove! Clean Out Your Desk. : Law is Cool 2009
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It's only relatively recently we've seen this surge of activity, in large part, I think, because the scale of disenfranchised is so much greater now because of the explosion of the criminal justice system over the last several decades.
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It's only relatively recently we've seen this surge of activity, in large part, I think, because the scale of disenfranchised is so much greater now because of the explosion of the criminal justice system over the last several decades.
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It's only relatively recently we've seen this surge of activity, in large part, I think, because the scale of disenfranchised is so much greater now because of the explosion of the criminal justice system over the last several decades.
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Are we as technologists [doers] disenfranchised from the people who make decisions?
Notes from 'MCG Futures' at MCG's Spring Conference Mia 2008
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I agree K, BOTH candidates should have been concerned about the plight of the disenfranchised from the very beginning and not when it favored one or the other.
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In other words, it shows that the poor are once again disenfranchised!!!!! cmoore
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Bereavement expert Kenneth Doka calls this 'disenfranchised grief'. He coined the term in 1989 to capture this feeling of loss that no one seems to understand and that you don't feel entitled to. "Disenfranchised grief refers to a loss that's not openly acknowledged, socially mourned or publicly supported," he says.
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Kavitha Cardoza 2021
kylenorth commented on the word disenfranchised
From my history book
September 28, 2010