Disfranchisement

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of dis-franchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of the privileges of a free citizen, or of membership in a corporation, or of some particular immunity or privilege, especially that of voting. Formerly sometimes written diffranchisement.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of disfranchising.
  • noun. The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
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  • noun. the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
  • Word Usage
    "Robert Smith, field coordinator of the Alabama Democratic Party Black Caucus explains, The current system of disfranchisement is incredibly unfair."
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