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dispossessions

dispossessions is the plural of dispossession.

Meaning of dispossession

Noun

dispossession (countable and uncountable, plural dispossessions)

  1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
    • At times, the assimilationist paradigm has facilitated the physical dispossession of Native lands and the suppression or eradication of Native institutions, culture, and identity by the political branches of the federal government.2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 267, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025
    Synonyms:
    divestiture
  2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
    • There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 462

Questions about dispossessions

What is dispossessions the plural of?
Dispossessions is the plural of dispossession.

Words near dispossessions in the dictionary

  1. dispossesses
  2. dispossessest
  3. dispossesseth
  4. dispossessing
  5. dispossession
  6. dispossessions
  7. dispossessive
  8. dispossessively
  9. dispossessor
  10. dispossessors
  11. dispossessory

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