disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement — noun
1. the formal removal of a person's or group's legal right to vote in elections
the formal removal of a person's or group's legal right to vote in elections
After the 1890 state convention, Mississippi began the systematic disenfranchisement of Black citizens.
collocation: systematic disenfranchisement
A Council of Europe report condemned the disenfranchisement of Roma communities in several member states.
The NAACP argued that Georgia's voter ID law would lead to the disenfranchisement of elderly Black voters.
Diya's research examined how poll taxes were used for the disenfranchisement of poor voters.
Justice Okonkwo of the Ninth Circuit struck down the voter-ID regulation, calling it a clear case of political disenfranchisement.
- disfranchisement
less common variant with the same meaning
- voter suppression
narrower — specifically tactics that make voting harder, rather than formal legal removal of the right
- enfranchisement
the granting or restoration of voting rights
文法句型
disenfranchisement of [group]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (FEELING OF POWERLESSNESS): this sense describes a concrete legal or political action, not an internal experience. Subject is usually a government, law, or institution.
常見錯誤
2. a deep-seated feeling of being shut out of political life: the conviction that n
a deep-seated feeling of being shut out of political life: the conviction that no one represents you, your concerns go unheard, and you lack the power to change anything
When the council closed their community centre, residents of the Broadwater estate described a profound sense of disenfranchisement.
disenfranchisement as a felt experience, not a legal action
Rania described her disenfranchisement as a young mother whose concerns were always ignored.
The hospital strike grew from a deep sense of disenfranchisement that nurses had felt since the 2011 merger.
Cole's growing disenfranchisement pushed him to run for a seat on the neighbourhood board.
A sense of disenfranchisement has spread through villages where the bus service was cut.
- alienation
broader — can apply to any kind of estrangement, not just political
- marginalisation
focuses on being pushed to the edges of society rather than the feeling itself
- powerlessness
more general — does not necessarily involve politics or representation
- empowerment
the process of gaining control and influence over one's situation
文法句型
a sense of disenfranchisement
feeling of disenfranchisement
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'sense of' or 'feeling of'. Distinguish from sense 1 (REMOVAL OF VOTING RIGHTS), which refers to the legal act of stripping voting rights rather than a felt experience.