Synonyms for disenfranchised
dis·en·fran·chised

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1. disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, votelessadjective

   deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

   "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

   Synonyms:
   aphonic, breathed, disfranchised, voiceless, hard, surd, voteless, unvoiced

   Antonyms:
   enfranchised

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1. List of paraphrases for "disenfranchised":

   dispossessed, marginalized, disadvantaged, disillusioned

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1. Thomas Abt:

   The pandemic, like community gun violence, concentrates among the poorest and most disenfranchised people, so those communities are doubly impacted, not only by Covid-19, but by gun violence.

2. Michael Proctor:

   But in the interim, the council has disenfranchised the residents of the 10th District. today marks day one of due process for Mark Ridley-Thomas.

3. Helen Keller:

   Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

4. Marc Elias:

   We have sought a statewide remedy because we believe that all voters -- whether they voted for Sen. Senator Nelson or for Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- should not be disenfranchised because an election worker doesn't believe that their signature in two different places are closely resembling.

5. Phil Robertson:

   I think that the government is not doing what it needs to do to make sure that all Burmese citizens are able to vote everywhere they are, these people are largely going to be disenfranchised because the system doesn't encourage their participation.