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Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi nation, remain in some ways disenfranchised relative to the other groups, or at least they perceive themselves that way.
Noah Feldman

Meaning of "disenfranchised" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISENFRANCHISED

disenfranchised  [ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISENFRANCHISED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disenfranchised is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISENFRANCHISED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disfranchisement

Disfranchisement is the revocation of the right of suffrage of a person or group of people, or through practices, prevention of a person exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement may be accomplished explicitly by law or implicitly through requirements applied in a discriminatory fashion, intimidation, or by placing unreasonable requirements on voters for registration or voting.

Definition of disenfranchised in the English dictionary

The definition of disenfranchised in the dictionary is deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISENFRANCHISED


advised
ədˈvaɪzd
authorized
ˈɔːθəraɪzd
customized
ˈkʌstəˌmaɪzd
digitized
ˈdɪdʒɪˌtaɪzd
galvanized
ˈɡælvəˌnaɪzd
generalized
ˈdʒɛnrəˌlaɪzd
industrialized
ɪnˈdʌstrɪəˌlaɪzd
localized
ˈləʊkəlaɪzd
medium-sized
ˈmiːdɪəmˌsaɪzd
organized
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzd
oversized
ˈəʊvəˌsaɪzd
personalized
ˈpɜːsənəlaɪzd
polarized
ˈpəʊləˌraɪzd
recognized
ˈrɛkəɡnaɪzd
sized
saɪzd
specialized
ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd
surprised
səˈpraɪzd
synthesized
ˈsɪnθɪsaɪzd
unauthorized
ʌnˈɔːθəˌraɪzd
unfranchised
ʌnˈfræntʃaɪzd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISENFRANCHISED

disenchantment
disenchantress
disenclose
disencumber
disencumberment
disencumbrance
disendow
disendower
disendowment
disenfranchise
disenfranchisement
disengage
disengaged
disengagedness
disengagement
disennoble
disenrol
disenrolled
disenrolling
disenshroud

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISENFRANCHISED

anodised
braised
bruised
civilised
digitised
disguised
fossilised
ill-advised
incised
poised
politicised
practised
promised
unadvertised
unauthorised
unorganised
unrealised
unsupervised
upraised
well-organised

Synonyms and antonyms of disenfranchised in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disenfranchised» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISENFRANCHISED

Find out the translation of disenfranchised to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disenfranchised from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disenfranchised» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被剥夺公民权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

privados de sus derechos
570 millions of speakers

English

disenfranchised
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेदखल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحرومين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесправных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desprivilegiados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বঞ্চিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

privés de leurs droits
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak disengajakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entrechteten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

権利を奪わ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

권리를 박탈당한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disenfranchised
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tước quyền bầu cử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரிமைகளை இல்லாது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असमर्थित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mahrum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

privati ​​dei diritti civili
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

disenfranchised
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безправних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dreptul de vot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στερούνται πολιτικών δικαιωμάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stemlose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disenfranchiseds
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disenfranchised
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disenfranchised

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISENFRANCHISED»

The term «disenfranchised» is regularly used and occupies the 73.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISENFRANCHISED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disenfranchised

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISENFRANCHISED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disenfranchised.
1
Scott Aukerman
You see people who are disenfranchised elsewhere coming to Comic Con and making lifetime friends. I love seeing the outcasts of society all bonding together.
2
Sandra Bernhard
I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
3
Jim Brown
Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.
4
Chris Carter
I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.
5
Richard Engel
For years, Lebanese have known that Palestinian camps like Nahr al-Barid and Ain al-Helwe - hopeless slums crowded with generations of disenfranchised Palestinian refugees who can't go home because of Israel, and can't work because of Lebanese laws - are awash with gunmen, criminals and, since the war in Iraq, al-Qaida inspired jihadists.
6
John Ensign
If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.
7
Noah Feldman
Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi nation, remain in some ways disenfranchised relative to the other groups, or at least they perceive themselves that way.
8
Gary Hamel
The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.
9
Eddie Huang
I get so disenfranchised reading the news, because global borders and lines we've created are completely unnecessary. That's just another person on the other side, and it's his bad luck that he was born there and it's my good fortune that I was born here. It's all kind of illogical.
10
Arthur Laffer
The minimum wage is the black teenage unemployment act. It is the guaranteed way of holding the poor, the minorities and the disenfranchised out of the mainstream is if you price their original services too high.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISENFRANCHISED»

Discover the use of disenfranchised in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disenfranchised and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Disenfranchised grief: recognizing hidden sorrow
In this comprehensive book, leading researchers and mental-health care professionals explore the myriad of instances in which grief is an entirely natural response to loss and yet because the loss is not openly acknowledged, socially ...
Kenneth J. Doka, 1989
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The Voices of the Disenfranchised: An Investigation of the ...
Despite past historical devastations like racism, inferior treatment and segregation as well as the dismal statistics that may imply (may be interpreted by some) that Blacks are not as intelligent and as their White counterparts, there are ...
Shawnterra Angelique Moore-Thomas, 2009
3
For the Poor and Disenfranchised: An Institutional and ...
This study analyzes the historical development of the public interest and poverty bars.
Robert Saute, 2008
4
Information, Ideology, and Freedom: The Disenfranchised ...
The Disenfranchised Electorate Timothy P. Roth. A. Recap. and. a. Look. Forward . The complexities of the principal-agent relationship between voters and their elected representatives account for the inexorable tendency of government to ...
Timothy P. Roth, 1994
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Disenfranchised from America: reinventing language and love ...
By reexamining America through an unfamiliar perspective, these novels allow us as readers to view the world anew.
Melissa Lam, 2009
6
The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief when an ...
The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-Spouse Dies offers an unprecedented anthology of never-before-published, first-person life histories by ex-spouses whose grief has endured as disenfranchised: socially unacknowledged ...
Peggy Sapphire, 2013
7
Revolution and the Political Integration of the Enslaved and ...
Because voting is the most obvious means by which the people participate in politics, we have tended to emphasize the right to vote as the necessary and sufficient criterion of democratic politics. But this is a mistake.
Gordon S. Wood, 1974
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Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Fourth Edition: A ...
Disenfranchised grief refers to losses in the mourner's life of relationships that are not socially sanctioned. A classic example would be the death of someone with whom the mourner is having an affair. If this affair is not widely known, the ...
J. William Worden PhD, ABPP, 2008
9
Chalkboard Champions: Twelve Remarkable Teachers Who ...
Chalkboard Champions: Twelve Remarkable Teachers Who Educated America's Disenfranchised Students Copyright © 2012 Terry Lee Marzell. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or retransmitted in any form or by any ...
Terry Lee Marzell, 2012
10
Disenfranchised Awakeners: Anglo-Moravians, Religious ...
Jared Scott Burkholder. CHAPTER IV COMMUNITY OF PILGRIMS: MORAVIAN ITINERANCY AND THE PROMOTION OF SENTIMENTAL PIETY 122 The Pilgrim Ideal and the United Gemeine 122 Moravian Itinerancy 1 32 Expanding Outward  ...
Jared Scott Burkholder, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISENFRANCHISED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disenfranchised is used in the context of the following news items.
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Francis arrives in Bolivia with church-state relations, environment on …
... and participate in the International Encounter of Popular Movements, representing landless peasants and other disenfranchised groups. «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jul 15»
2
Would Lindsey Graham Back an Invasion of Iran? - Bloomberg Politics
"I'm offering a generation commitment to young people, women, and the disenfranchised" in those countries, he said. A protestor in the ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
Cover Story: Engaging youth on their terms - Tri-Cities Now
ACCESS Youth offers unique resources to help young people who feel alone, disenfranchised or in need of someone to talk to. The society's ... «Coquitlam Now, Jul 15»
4
Damning moment Russell Brand confronted by friend of Tunisia …
He claimed the media, the Government and big corporations are "working together to keep people disenfranchised" and as the Government ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
DNA queried as Myanmar men go on trial for murder of UK tourists …
Others fear the pair are being used as scapegoats and will not receive a fair trial in a country where the poor and disenfranchised are rarely ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
6
Why same-sex marriage is good for business - PBS
There must be many couples who have been disenfranchised with this idea that they have to go out of state to be married. Now they are able to ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
7
The Morning Wrap: Minister Blames Food Regulator For …
Praveen Swami traces ISIS' appeal among the several disenfranchised, to its promise of an alternative world. Like Us On Facebook | Follow Us ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
8
Refugees Are Humans Too - Fair Observer
They are truly the most disenfranchised people on earth. It's no surprise, then, that Pope Francis has singled them out for special attention. «Fair Observer, Jul 15»
9
SATIRE: The Liberal Manifesto: More Relevant than ever …
4) We believe in standing up for the rights of the weak and the disenfranchised, (unless we are talking about an unborn baby.) 5) We believe in ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
10
Ash vs. Evil Dead - Entertainment Weekly
She's sort of a disenfranchised youth who comes from a farm family. It's kind of an eclectic threesome, the three of us. Ray Santiago plays Pablo ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

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