dispossession

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/ (UK)

Definition of dispossession

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of dispossessing someone of something.
    “At times, the assimilationist paradigm has facilitated the physical dispossession of Native lands and the suppression or eradication of Native institutions, culture, and identity by the political branches of the federal government.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of dispossessing someone of something.
    “At times, the assimilationist paradigm has facilitated the physical dispossession of Native lands and the suppression or eradication of Native institutions, culture, and identity by the political branches of the federal government.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
    “There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.”

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Etymology

From dis- + possession.

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