disenfranchise
Remove voting rights
To disenfranchise is to deprive someone of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
Laws that disenfranchise felons bar them from elections.
The word extends beyond voting to any exclusion from participation or belonging: Economic policies that disenfranchise the poor.
The noun is disenfranchisement.
Also spelled disfranchise.
Deprive of property
revoke · rescind · withhold · forfeit · disqualify · nullify · invalidate · void
Right to cast ballots
- ballotVoting document
- electionOrganized public voting
- voterBallot-casting citizen
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
electorate · democracy · registration · constituency · representation · referendum · plebiscite · primary
Treat as insignificant
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- alienateCause emotional distance
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
- overlookMiss or commanding view
ignore · segregate · isolate · discriminate · disregard · dismiss · neglect · bypass
Having no voice
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- helplessUnable to act independently
- disempoweredDeprived of authority or influence
underrepresented · overlooked · disadvantaged · underprivileged · disinherited · second-class · invisible · unheard
Bring under dominion
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- dominateControl through superior strength
- oppressUnjustly burden or dominate
- disempowerRemove capacity to act
subordinate · exploit · persecute · coerce · control · silence · muzzle · crush
Status as state member
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- equalitySame status for all
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- amendmentChange to official text
legislation · autonomy · entitlement · access · justice · legal status · due process · emancipation
dispossess
Deprive of property
deny · revoke · rescind · withhold · forfeit · disqualify · nullify · invalidate · void · expropriate
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
polling · electorate · democracy · registration · constituency · representation · referendum · plebiscite · primary · caucus
marginalize
Treat as insignificant
overlook · ignore · segregate · isolate · discriminate · disregard · dismiss · neglect · bypass · shut out
voiceless
Having no voice
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- helplessUnable to act independently
disempowered · underrepresented · overlooked · disadvantaged · underprivileged · disinherited · second-class · invisible · unheard · agency
subjugate
Bring under dominion
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- dominateControl through superior strength
- oppressUnjustly burden or dominate
disempower · subordinate · exploit · persecute · coerce · control · silence · muzzle · crush · tyrannize
citizenship
Status as state member
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- equalitySame status for all
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
amendment · legislation · autonomy · entitlement · access · justice · legal status · due process · emancipation · privilege
disenfranchiseenfranchise
Grant voting rights
empower · give voice to · enfranchisement · include · represent
disenfranchiseliberate
Set free from captivity
emancipate · free · enfranchise · manumit · unshackle
- disenfranchised groupsPopulations denied civic participation
- voter disenfranchisementRemoving citizens' electoral participation rights
- disenfranchised voterOne blocked from polls
disenfranchised, disenfranchisement, disenfranchising, disenfranchises