Meanings
present singular third person disenfranchises · participle present disenfranchising · participle past disenfranchised · past disenfranchised
- transitiveTo 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 Clinton
2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington PostSynonyms: disfranchise
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Proto-Germanic*frankô
- Frankish*Frankō
- Latinfrancus
- Old Frenchfranc
- Old Frenchfranchir
- Old Frenchenfranchir
- Anglo-Normanenfrauncher
- Middle Englishenfraunchisen
- Englishenfranchise
- Englishdisenfranchise
From dis- + enfranchise.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀτιμόω, ἄτιμον καθίστημι
- ἀτιμόω (atimóō)to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
- ἄτιμον καθίστημι (átimon kathístēmi)to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
- ἀποψηφίζομαι (apopsēphízomai)to deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
Czech odebrat hlasovací právo
- odebrat hlasovací právoto deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
Finnish riistää äänioikeus
- riistää äänioikeusto deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
German das Wahlrecht entziehen, vom Wahlrecht ausschließen
- das Wahlrecht entziehento deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
- vom Wahlrecht ausschließento deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
Cite this entry
disenfranchise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchise
“disenfranchise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disenfranchise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchise.
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