disenfranchise
pronunciation
How to pronounce disenfranchise in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz]
How to pronounce disenfranchise in American English:
US [ˌdɪsɪn'fræntʃaɪz]
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- Verb:
- deprive of voting rights
Word Origin
- disenfranchise (v.)
- "deprive of civil or electoral privileges," 1640s, from dis- + enfranchise. Earlier form was disfranchise (mid-15c.). Related: Disenfranchised; disenfranchisement.
Example
- 1. Eg. white supremacists devise new methods to disenfranchise negroes .
- 2. Few governments , or their voters , will vote to disenfranchise themselves .
- 3. As we charge more and more for our tickets to cover the costs of inflation and to reduce the pressure on our fundraising campaigns , we disenfranchise huge portions of our potential audience in fact , we become irrelevant to them .
- 4. Democrats are equally convinced that republican efforts to curb voter fraud are designed to disenfranchise two of their core constituencies , the poor and the non-white .
- 5. To deprive of a privilege , an immunity , or a right of citizenship , especially the right to vote ; disenfranchise .