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disenfranchised
[ dis-en-fran-chahyzd ]
adjective
- deprived of any of the rights or privileges of citizens, especially the right to vote:
Given the illegal requirements reportedly imposed at some polling places, we can expect a lot of lawsuits from disenfranchised citizens.
- deprived of the rights or privileges of full participation in society or in any community or organization, especially of the opportunity to influence policy or to make one’s voice heard:
A session on LGBTQ literature provided concrete examples and professional resources to support this often disenfranchised group.
- deprived of a legal or commercial franchise:
A disenfranchised Noodles Only franchisee has opened up about his struggles operating in the town’s “business graveyard.â€
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of disenfranchise ( def ).
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of disenfranchised1
Example Sentences
If that happens, Australia would be another page in a story unfolding all over the world - disenfranchised voters seeking more radical solutions and voting for change.
By his own admission, Foreman was a troubled kid struggling in an environment designed to keep him disenfranchised and angry.
Everyday working-class families, along with the poor and disenfranchised, are being exploited.
Fonda stressed that unions like SAG-AFTRA empower disenfranchised people: “This is really important right now, when workers’ power is being attacked and community is being weakened.â€
"Voters may not be retroactively disenfranchised based upon technical defects in their voter registration," the brief states.
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