DISPOSSESSION Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

dispossession

noun

Definition of dispossession

as in deprivation

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as in displacement

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Recent Examples of dispossession 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 This definition of Black maternal dispossession simply aims to examine the many ways that Black motherhood is obscured and rendered an archival impossibility for research in my attempt to define it. — Literary Hub, 8 June 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

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Noun

Sleep deprivation strips away that capacity, often resulting in erratic outbursts or defensive behaviors that dismantle trust instantly.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
High doses of creatine helped people with sleep deprivation perform better.

— Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 3 July 2026

Definition of deprivation

Noun

Officials caution that not everyone reported missing is necessarily trapped beneath the rubble because communications failures, mass displacement and transportation disruptions have complicated efforts to reunite families.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
But any displacement by immigrants is limited and often dwarfed, as Card's research found, by job increases from new or expanding businesses that immigrants generate.

— Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

Still, the mesh grids spreading across Haiti's countryside prove that the country's energy story may transcend the privation.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
These are people who still carry within them memories of war, occupation, and stretches of extreme privation.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of privation

Noun

Dajani has also worked on boards for a refugee resettlement organization and the Association of Arab American studies and served on scholarship committees at the Mosque of Orland Park.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Now disarmed, the dissidents will enter a temporary resettlement zone where the government intends to facilitate their gradual reintegration into civilian life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026

Definition of resettlement

Noun

The figure includes money recovered through criminal and civil cases, including penalties, settlements, restitution, asset forfeitures and losses alleged in pending cases, according to the task force.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
The team could conceivably sign him to another deal, but the risk of contract forfeiture alone is a reason to delay consummating the trade.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of forfeiture

Noun

Earlier plans shared with the district called for a relocation of dog access, with Centennial becoming a passive people beach without dogs.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
The rezoning and land use changes come with conditions and asks from commissioners, including landscaping and tree relocation requests.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

National research links suspension and expulsion to lower academic achievement, a higher risk of contact with the criminal justice system, isolation, poor health and lower wages, the report said.

— Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 13 July 2026
Refusal to participate or pass these exams routinely results in expulsion, arrest, or the institution’s closure.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of expulsion

Noun

Last week, the country's Supreme Court upheld a seven-year prison sentence against Yoon, his first case to reach the country’s highest court since the ouster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Along with Amy’s ouster, several core staff members at the Barn, as the space is known, resigned, including the general manager, operations manager, and studio manager.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026

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