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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 鈥渂usiness graveyard.鈥
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of disenfranchise ( def ).
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亚洲网紅露点 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: 鈥淭his is really important right now, when workers鈥 power is being attacked and community is being weakened.鈥
"Voters may not be retroactively disenfranchised based upon technical defects in their voter registration," the brief states.
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