DISENFRANCHISEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disenfranchisement mean? 

• DISENFRANCHISEMENT (noun)
  The noun DISENFRANCHISEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise

  Familiarity information: DISENFRANCHISEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISENFRANCHISEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("disenfranchisement" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Antonym:

enfranchisement (the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on)

Derivation:

disenfranchise (deprive of voting rights)