Associations to the word «Disfranchisement»

Wiktionary

DISFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The act of disfranchising.
DISFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.

Dictionary definition

DISFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan