Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of putting out of possession, or the state of being dispossessed.
- noun The act of relieving or freeing from demoniac possession, or the like.
- noun In law, same as
ouster .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
- noun (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also
ouster .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
dispossessing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
- noun freeing from evil spirits
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Examples
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What can be said is we often neglect to recall the dispossession of the natives in Iowa and further east, which amid today's flag waving today is equally important.
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The point that the video makes -- and which is made in much more depth in the excellent new report "Carbon Trading - how it works and why it fails" -- is not only that it doesn't actually deliver emissions reductions but it also comes at great costs - such as dispossession of indigenous peoples - whilst rewarding the main polluters.
Steve Kirsch: New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Fee-and-Dividend
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Yet during the period of my research women in Facazisse were indeed suffering from a kind of dispossession that can be explained in the context of global forces of capitalism impinging on a traditional land-based social system.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
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He pointed to the reality that the people of Palestine have been, and continue to be, subjected to a sustained policy of "dispossession" by the Israelis.
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Meanwhile, a Globe and Mail reporter made up details about a meeting between Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas, in order to make a dubious point about Palestinian "dispossession".
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"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form.
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"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form.
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"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form.
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"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form.
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"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form.
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