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What does disenfranchisement mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word disenfranchisement? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
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There are also people who are trapped in a cycle of poverty and disenfranchisement.
Over four million Americans will not be voting this year due to state felony disenfranchisement laws.
This has simply compounded the sense of alienation and disenfranchisement felt by many people.
Yet, we will not achieve full democracy if we only address voter disenfranchisement.
Many Democratic voters have nursed feelings of anger and disenfranchisement for the past four years.
What if they could use their mouths to move people's feet, inviting them to actively oppose institutionalized black disenfranchisement?

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