Disenfranchisement

How it is used

Examine legal exclusions and practical barriers separately when describing historical cases.

Example sentences

1. The new qualification produced disenfranchisement among poorer voters.

   Eligibility rules can remove people from the electorate.

2. Intimidation contributed to disenfranchisement even where the formal right remained.

   The concept can include effective exclusion as well as formal loss.

Common collocations

• political disenfranchisement
• mass disenfranchisement

Related terms

• reformA planned change to laws, institutions or practices meant to improve them, usually made step by step by those in power rather than through revolution.
• social classA group of people in a society who share a similar economic position, such as wealth, occupation or education, and often similar status and opportunities.

More terms: Revolutions and Political Change

• revolution
• uprising
• nationalism
• independence
• coup
• regime
• counter-revolution
• regicide
• iconoclasm
• enfranchisement
• suffragist
• suffragette