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disfranchisement

disfranchisement noun: the act of disfranchising.

Noun

disfranchisement (countable and uncountable, plural disfranchisements)

  1. The act of disfranchising.
  2. The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.

Forms of disfranchisement

pluraldisfranchisements

Origin of disfranchisement

From disfranchise + -ment.

Questions about disfranchisement

What does disfranchisement mean?
Disfranchisement means the act of disfranchising.
What part of speech is disfranchisement?
Disfranchisement is a noun.
What is the plural of disfranchisement?
The plural of disfranchisement is disfranchisements.

Words near disfranchisement in the dictionary

  1. disformities
  2. disformity
  3. disforms
  4. disfranchise
  5. disfranchised
  6. disfranchisement
  7. disfranchisements
  8. disfranchiser
  9. disfranchisers
  10. disfranchises
  11. disfranchising

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