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- Dictionarydis·pos·ses·sion/ˌdispəˈzeSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of depriving someone of land, property, or other possessions: "the global impact of poverty and dispossession"
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DISPOSSESSION definition: 1. the fact of having property, especially buildings or land, taken away from you, or the act of…. Learn more.
- English (US)
DISPOSSESSION meaning: 1. the fact of having property,...
- Znaczenie Dispossession, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
dispossession definicja: 1. the fact of having property,...
- Marginalization
MARGINALIZATION definition: 1. the act of treating someone...
- Dispossess
to force someone to give up the possession of a house, land,...
- English (US)
: to put out of possession or occupancy. dispossessed the nobles of their land. dispossession. ˌdis-pə-ˈze-shən. also -ˈse- noun. dispossessor. ˌdis-pə-ˈze-sər. also -ˈse- noun. Synonyms. divest. expropriate. oust. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dispossess in a Sentence.
Dispossession is a state of having something taken away from you, particularly your home or land. If a city demolishes houses to build a new highway, it's a kind of dispossession for the people who lived in them.
the act of taking away possession of something from someone, esp property. The word dispossession is derived from dispossess, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. dispossess in British English. (ˌdɪspəˈzɛs ) verb. (transitive) to take away possession of something from (someone), esp property; expel.
Definition of dispossession noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
dispossession - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
to force someone to give up the possession of a house, land, or other property: Many people were dispossessed of their homes during the war. (Definition of dispossess from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
