dispossession
noun/dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/UK
Etymology
From dis- + possession.
- derived from possessio
Definitions
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.
The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dispossession. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA