Associations to the word «Disenfranchisement»

Wiktionary

DISENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote, to a person or group of people.

Dictionary definition

DISENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne