disenfranchisement

dis·en·franch·ise·ment
UK/ˌdɪsɛnˈfɹæn(t)ʃɪzm(ə)nt/UK/-ɪn-/UK/-ˈfɹɑːn-/UK/-ˌt͡ʃaɪz-/

noun

Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote (suffrage), to a person or group of people.

Opposite
enfranchisement
OriginEnglish disenfranchise ← Middle English enfraunchisen ← Anglo-Norman enfrauncher →
UncommonScrabble 29
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Meanings

noundisenfranchisement (countable and uncountable, plural disenfranchisements)

plural disenfranchisements

  1. countableuncountableExplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote (suffrage), to a person or group of people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise

Opposite
enfranchisement
Broader
managementdirection

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Old Frenchen-
  15. Proto-Germanic*frankô
  16. Frankish*Frankō
  17. Latinfrancus
  18. Old Frenchfranc
  19. Old Frenchfranchir
  20. Old Frenchenfranchir
  21. Anglo-Normanenfrauncher
  22. Middle Englishenfraunchisen
  23. Englishenfranchise
  24. Englishdisenfranchise
  25. Englishdisenfranchisement

From disenfranchise + -ment.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 褫奪公權 /褫夺公权
  • 褫奪公權 /褫夺公权 (chǐduó gōngquán)explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote
Dutch Ontzetting uit een recht, Ontneming van het kiesrecht
  • Ontzetting uit een rechtexplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote
  • Ontneming van het kiesrechtexplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote
German Wahlrechtsausschluss, Wahlrechtsentzug
  • Wahlrechtsausschlussexplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote
  • Wahlrechtsentzugexplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote
Portuguese sufrágio restrito
  • sufrágio restritoexplicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disenfranchisement

enfranchisementdisfranchisementaffranchisementeffranchisementfranchisement
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Cite this entry
APA

disenfranchisement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchisement

MLA

“disenfranchisement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchisement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disenfranchisement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenfranchisement.

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