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disenfranchise en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfɹæn.t͡ʃaɪz/

Etymology

From dis- + enfranchise.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
   • Harris’s victory comes 55 years after the Voting Rights Act abolished laws that disenfranchised Black Americans, 36 years after the first woman ran on a presidential ticket and four years after Democrats were devastated by the defeat of Hillary Clinton 2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post:

Forms

Antonyms

enfranchise

Deriveds

disenfranchisement · disenfranchiser

Synonyms

disfranchise

Translations (7)

de das Wahlrecht entziehen (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · grc ἀποψηφίζομαι (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · grc ἀτιμόω (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · de vom Wahlrecht ausschließen (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · grc ἄτιμον καθίστημι (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · fi riistää äänioikeus (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote) · cs odebrat hlasovací právo (to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote)