disenfranchising
Stripping voting rights
Disenfranchising means depriving someone of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
Voter ID laws have been criticized as disenfranchising poor and minority citizens.
The word extends beyond voting to any exclusion from participation or belonging: Corporate mergers left longtime employees feeling disenfranchised.
Tactics discouraging ballot access
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- literacy testAssessment of reading ability
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
electoral fraud · redistricting · suffrage · voter ID laws · electoral manipulation · residency requirements · voter purges
Relegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- segregationForced separation by group
oppression · subjugation · subordination · exploitation · persecution · stigmatization · social exclusion · civil rights
Lack of spoken sound
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- disempowermentLoss of agency
- invisibilityState of being unseen
unheard · sidelined · overlooked · ignored · dismissed · shut out · locked out · tokenism
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- isolationComplete separation from others
withdrawal · apathy · disengagement · disinvestment · social rejection · political apathy · disillusionment · abandonment
voter suppression
Tactics discouraging ballot access
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- literacy testAssessment of reading ability
voting rights · electoral fraud · redistricting · suffrage · voter ID laws · electoral manipulation · residency requirements · voter purges
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
segregation · oppression · subjugation · subordination · exploitation · persecution · stigmatization · social exclusion · civil rights · underrepresentation
voicelessness
Lack of spoken sound
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- disempowermentLoss of agency
invisibility · unheard · sidelined · overlooked · ignored · dismissed · shut out · locked out · tokenism · unrepresented
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
isolation · withdrawal · apathy · disengagement · disinvestment · social rejection · political apathy · disillusionment · abandonment
disenfranchisingenfranchising
Granting voting rights
empowering · enabling · including · emancipating · liberating
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