disenfranchising

present participle of disenfranchise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenfranchising
Verb
  • Given the disease’s wide range of trajectories and manifestations—from mild and manageable to severely disabling—some now regard it as a group of diseases, rather than a single one.
    Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impair daily functioning and can be disabling.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Several stories account for the ominous name of the stark, forbidding mountains.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But when leaving the company, to keep their vested equity, they were reportedly required to sign an agreement that contained provisions eternally forbidding them from criticizing their former employer, and that prevented them from mentioning the agreement’s existence.
    Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Disenfranchising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchising. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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