Soon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.
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Disenfranchised
Synonyms for "disenfranchised" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (16)
Verb(12 words)
excludedexcluded citizensfranchise lossloss of rightsmarginalizedmarginalized groupoppressedoppressed groupostracizedrestrictstripsuffrage deprivation
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More general
12 entriescivil rightsdemographicdepriveexclusionlegal statusmarginalizationpolitical conditionpolitical rightsrestrictrightssocial groupstatus
More specific
11 entriescivic exclusioncivil rights denialdisenfranchised studentsdue process deprivationeconomic marginalizationfelon disenfranchisementmarginalized votersprison disenfranchisementsuffrage denialvoter exclusionvoter suppression
Collocations
13 entriescivil rights disenfranchisementdisenfranchised citizensdisenfranchised communitiesdisenfranchised groupdisenfranchised populationdisenfranchised votersdisenfranchised youthdisenfranchising lawsfelon disenfranchisementpolitical disenfranchisementvoter suppressionvoting rights denialvoting rights deprivation
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Many of the British in Europe were disenfranchised in 2016, barred from voting in the Brexit referendum because of British electoral law, which strips voting rights from anyone who has been living overseas for more than 15 years.
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From the very beginning of the United States, a large number of people were disenfranchised by design, and this remains true today.
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Rosa Luxemburg believed the Bolsheviks had disenfranchised the working class and handed all power to a Party clique that placed itself above the people.
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