Dispossession

Word DISPOSSESSION
Character 13
Hyphenation dis pos ses sion
Pronunciations /dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Dispossession"

What do we mean by dispossession?

The act of dispossessing someone of something.

The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.

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The word "dispossession" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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". ❋ Unknown (2005)

"dispossession" has sprung a movement that is still developing and has not yet reached its final form. ❋ Tdreyer (2010)

Jeremy: Tim R is woefully consistent in failing to point out that the practice of coerced dispossession of homes, farms, and access to water is continuing now and that the Wall of Shame that encroaches on Palestinian territory is not a historical artifact. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To which we could add that the entire jewish public discourse in Israel is shot through with infinite varieties of schemes of further expulsion and dispossession, not to mention self-congratulation on the number of arabs they have already expelled. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The dilapidated mansion at the center of a book like "Castle Rackrent" was a reminder of the actual past—a history of absentee landlords and dispossession—but the gothic atmosphere also turned the structure into the haunted antechamber of an occult world. ❋ Wes Davis (2011)

"You don't have an American Indian museum without discussion of dispossession and death on a scale unknown in human history," he declared. ❋ Lee Rosenbaum (2011)

But thanks to Only by the Night, Caleb was famous enough in Tennessee to be targeted by burglars, an experience that informs the sense of dispossession in "The End", the album's opener. ❋ Kitty Empire (2010)

It reminds me of the former Soviet Union, which also experienced mass dispossession. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Much has been said about dispossession and disenfranchisement -- however it seems that a couple of key considerations need to be understood. ❋ Alan Miller (2011)

And does the successful reduction of Native American people actually make the dispossession of Palestinians in the here and now ok? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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