Synonyms of dispossession

dispossession

noun

1

as in deprivation

Related Words

• deprivation
• privation
• forfeiture
• loss
• misplacement
• sacrifice
• mislaying
• penalty
• forfeit
• bereavement
• absence
• lack
• need
• want

Dissimilar Words

• acquisition
• gain
• possession
• control
• hands
• having
• keeping

2

as in displacement

Related Words

• displacement
• resettlement
• relocation
• expulsion
• ouster
• ejection
• deportation
• migration
• exodus
• banishment
• expatriation
• emigration
• exile
• extradition
• evacuation
• relegation
• withdrawal
• ostracism
• retirement
• dispersion
• flight
• departure
• diaspora
• departing
• retreat
• exiting
• quitting
• parting
• scattering
• decampment
• embarkation
• leave
• going
• leave-taking
• exit
• decamping
• outgo
• walking out
• farewell
• lighting out
• running away
• embarkment

Dissimilar Words

• return
• immigration
• repatriation
• coming
• approach
• entrance
• ingress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dispossession

The act of writing is a pathway to my restoration, a journey to heal from generations of dispossession. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

That pattern has held since the Revolutionary War, from the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II to today’s active-duty ranks, even as Native nations endured broken treaties, dispossession and federal violence at the hands of the government. — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

Frequently working with his partner Angela Ricci Lucchi, who died in 2018, Gianikian produced experimental films that considered forms of dispossession and the lingering pain that often accompanies it. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

The novel emphasizes that these conditions of privation and dispossession are themselves a vicious inheritance, that bloodshed and conquest have long characterized the story of this land. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026

So yeah, there was this painful past of dispossession and disease and sickness and population loss. — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026

There’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting over the dispossession of Palestinians, and the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers, which appear to be sanctioned by the Israeli government. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

Martel explores the killing not as an isolated event in her country’s recent past but as part of a long history of dispossession. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

Spanning 1542, 1988 and 2023, the film follows three generations of the Kambeba people resisting the long consequences of European invasion and dispossession. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026