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Dispossessed means deprived of homes, possessions, and security. Learn the word history, usage, and related phrases of dispossessed from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised. having suffered the loss of expectations, prospects, relationships, etc.; disinherited; disaffiliated; alienated: The modern city dweller may feel spiritually dispossessed.
The Dispossessed (subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number of books to win all three Hugo, Locus and Nebula Awards for Best Novel.
- Le Guin, K Ursula
- 1974
Dispossessed means having your property taken away from you. Learn how to use this word as an adjective or a noun, and see synonyms and translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb dispossess, which means to put out of possession or occupancy. See how dispossess is used in current and historical contexts, and compare it with related words.
Learn the meaning of dispossess, a formal verb that means to take property away from someone or a group of people. See how to use it in sentences and compare it with repossess, and find translations in different languages.
Taking away someone's property, or their ability to control their own life, leaves them dispossessed. Definitions of dispossessed. adjective. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security. synonyms: homeless, roofless. unfortunate.
