disenfranchised
disenfranchised is the simple past and past participle of disenfranchise.
Meaning of disenfranchise
Verb
disenfranchise (third-person singular simple present disenfranchises, present participle disenfranchising, simple past and past participle disenfranchised)
- 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 Clinton2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post
- Synonyms:
- disfranchise
Adjective
disenfranchised (comparative more disenfranchised, superlative most disenfranchised)
- Not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.
Forms of disenfranchised
| comparative | more disenfranchised |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disenfranchised |
Words formed from disenfranchised
Questions about disenfranchised
- What does disenfranchised mean?
- Disenfranchised means not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.
- What is disenfranchised the simple past and past participle of?
- Disenfranchised is the simple past and past participle of disenfranchise.
- What part of speech is disenfranchised?
- Disenfranchised is an adjective.
Words near disenfranchised in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disenfranchised (page history and authors); disenfranchise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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