DISPOSSESSION Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

dispossession

noun

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as in deprivation

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Recent Examples of dispossession 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 For them, a donkey taken from the Palestinian community represents another form of settler dispossession, regardless of whether that removal is carried out through acts of care by sanctuary workers near Tel Aviv or through physical violence by Jewish shepherds in the West Bank. —

Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 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 In his report, Roth outlines the Indigenous determinants of health, ranging from land tenure and governance authority that strengthen Indigenous well-being to risk indicators like land dispossession and exclusion from decision-making. —

Anita Hofschneider, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 Indigenous artists and collectives who live in rural communities—far from the capitals, far from art-world infrastructure—and who contend daily with continuing forms of colonial dispossession have to perform multiple acts of translation before their work reaches the museum. —

María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 There was so much violence and death and dispossession, and Francisco was sort of born in the midst of that. —

Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 Its occupation of the West Bank has entrenched a system of dispossession and daily violence, as Palestinians are killed, arrested and displaced while Israeli settlers, protected by the Israel Defense Forces and supported by the United States, expand into Palestinian land. —

Ken Barnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossession

Noun

The entrepreneur who passes on social events for three years to build a company is not suffering through deprivation.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
During deep sleep, the brain’s glymphatic system clears metabolic waste including proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, and research shows even one night of sleep deprivation can increase amyloid deposits in the brain.

— Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026