Definition of Disenfranchise: deprive (someone) of the right to vote/ deprive (someone) of a right or privilege
Definition of Dispossess: deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions
Sentence example: The work Mother Theresa did in India really challenged the entrenched notion of caste and gender roles and she worked very closely with lepers and other people who were disenfranchised, marginalized and dispossessed.
The Power Memory Strategy:
Disenfranchise: link to dis-, i.e. deprive; remove & link to –franchise, i.e. freedom ⇒ deprive someone of freedom
Dispossess: link to dis-, i.e. deprive; remove & link to –possess, i.e. possession; property ⇒ deprive someone of possessions
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