Can Disenfranchised Be a Noun?

Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.

Is disenfranchised a verb?

verb (used with object), dis·en·fran·chised, dis·en·fran·chis·ing. to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote. to deprive of a franchise, privilege, or right.

Is disenfranchised an adjective?

The adjective disenfranchised describes a person or group of people who are stripped of their power, like disenfranchised post-Civil War African Americans who were deprived of their right to vote even after being freed from slavery. Being disenfranchised is no fun.

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