dispossession

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of dispossessing someone of something. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism. countable,uncountable
    — There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.

词形变化

dispossessions plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English possession
English dispossession
From dis- + possession.
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