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    dis·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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  2. Dispossession is the fact or act of taking property away from a person or group, especially land or buildings. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

    • Marginalization

      MARGINALIZATION definition: 1. the act of treating someone...

  3. Dispossess means to take away the possession of or the right to occupy land or houses. See synonyms, examples, word history and legal definition of dispossess and dispossession.

  4. 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.

  5. Dispossession is the act of taking away possession of something from someone, especially property. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms, pronunciation and grammar tips.

  6. Dispossession means to deprive someone of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property. Find the legal, thesaurus, and translation definitions of dispossession and related terms on this web page.

  7. Dispossession is the act of taking somebody's property or land away from them. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish it from related words like dispossess and disproportion.

  8. Dispossess means to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people. See the formal and American definitions, pronunciation, and usage examples of dispossess from the Cambridge Dictionary.