disenfranchising
present participle ofdisenfranchise
disenfranchise
verb[T]
uk/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz/us/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz/(USalsodisfranchise)to take awaypoweroropportunities,especiallytherighttovote, from apersonorgroup
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
Examplesofdisenfranchising
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The second reason is purely practical and turns on the possibility ofdisenfranchisingcertain classes of trustee.
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For whatever reason, they have not done so, and they seem relaxed aboutdisenfranchisingindividuals.
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It seems that we are now about to repeat that policy, this timedisenfranchisingour own citizens.
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You are dealing with a question which wasdisenfranchisingsome 100,000 persons.
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First, it would not be wholly right to regard what we are doing as "disenfranchising" these people.
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To have omitted it would, in their view, have been tantamont todisenfranchisinga considerable percentage of the people.
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We felt that if we did exclude it, we should, in effect, bedisenfranchisinga large number of electors.
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My reply is that he has been chosen at the cost ofdisenfranchisingthe whole of his constituency.
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There is no question ofdisenfranchisingthese.
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I expect that my noble friend would then find herselfdisenfranchisinga number of other people who are taking care and control of and an interest in the child.
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I should have thought that that office was in itself sufficiently difficult, and that its problems were sufficiently wearying without his undertaking in addition, thedisenfranchisinga number of electors.
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The poll tax worked in conjunction with a variety ofdisenfranchisingmeasures, such as literacy tests, the white primary, and threats of violence.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This move created a virtually oligarchic system,disenfranchisinga great majority of the citizens and provoking some unrest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Neglecting the role (or contribution) that you had to a particular work of art is a totallydisenfranchisingthing that should not be forgotten.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Voters were required to pass a literacy test, effectivelydisenfranchisingmost of the population.
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- precedent
- preceding
- preceding century
- preceding chapter
- preceding clause
- preceding decade
- preceding election
- preceding generation
- preceding paragraph
- preceding quarter
- preceding section
- preceding segment
- preceding sentence
- preceding week
- precept
- preception
- preceptor
- precession
- precinct
- precious
- precious asset
- precious cargo
- precious commodity
- precious gift
- precious heritage