disenfranchised
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ɛnˈfræn verb (used with object), dis·en·fran·chised, dis·en·fran·chis·ing.
to disfranchise.
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disenfranchise or disfranchise (ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to deprive (a person) of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship |
| 2. | to deprive (a place) of the right to send representatives to an elected body |
| 3. | to deprive (a business concern, etc) of some privilege or right |
| 4. | to deprive (a person, place, etc) of any franchise or right |
| disfranchise or disfranchise | |
| —vb | |
| disenfranchisement or disfranchise | |
| —n | |
| dis'franchisement or disfranchise | |
| —n | |
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Disenfranchised
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
disenfranchise
"deprive of civil or electoral privileges," 1640s, from dis- + enfranchise. Earlier form was disfranchise (mid-15c.). Related: Disenfranchised; disenfranchisement.
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Example sentences
Yet these disenfranchised investors can take comfort from three things.
Polygamists were disenfranchised and their property was confiscated.
In response, it advocates policies that will challenge the privileged and empower the disenfranchised.
When the vast majority feel disenfranchised and powerless, instability is not far away.
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