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disinvestiture

disinvestiture noun: the act of depriving of investiture.

Noun

disinvestiture (uncountable)

  1. The act of depriving of investiture.
    • The Marxist ideology postulates the total control of the economy in the name of the collectivity , and party control ranges from penetration and imposition to total disinvestiture and direct management1986, Roy C. Macridis, Modern Political Regimes

Origin of disinvestiture

From dis- + investiture.

Questions about disinvestiture

What does disinvestiture mean?
Disinvestiture means the act of depriving of investiture.
What part of speech is disinvestiture?
Disinvestiture is a noun.

Words near disinvestiture in the dictionary

  1. disinventing
  2. disinvents
  3. disinvest
  4. disinvested
  5. disinvesting
  6. disinvestiture
  7. disinvestment
  8. disinvestments
  9. disinvestor
  10. disinvestors
  11. disinvests

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