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Definition of Disenfranchisement
1. Noun. The act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise.
Definition of Disenfranchisement
1. Noun. Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant the right to vote, to a person or group of people. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disenfranchisement
Literary usage of Disenfranchisement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cuba and Porto Rico, with the Other Islands of the West Indies: Their by Robert Thomas Hill (1899)
"Effects of disenfranchisement and conscriptions. Hospitality and courtesy.
Strong family attachments. The Cuban women. The laboring classes. ..."
2. Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System by Wade J. Henderson (2000)
"Recommendation Nine: Repeal Felony disenfranchisement Laws and Other Mandatory
Collateral ... disenfranchisement laws are antithetical to democracy and ..."
3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"The scale of felony disenfranchisement in the US—the denial of the vote to ...
The racial impact of disenfranchisement laws was particularly egregious. ..."
4. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"Aristotle in his Politics had already pointed out the virtual disenfranchisement
of voters who lived out of the city and were preoccupied with agricultural ..."
5. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"In all matters pertaining to political office and functions, their disenfranchisement
is complete, even as was that of European women under Queen Elizabeth, ..."
6. Street Gangs: Current Knowledge and Strategies by Catherine H. Conly (1993)
"As possible causes of the disenfranchisement, social scientists have cited the
migration of businesses from the community, the shift of the job market from ..."
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