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[ adjective ] physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Examples "made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another"- James Stern Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Secondly , to find a learned diversion and a pleasing joke in More 's account of the stupid brutalities of early sixteenth century wars , of the anguish of the poor and dispossessed , of the insolence and cruelty of the rich and powerful requires a callousness toward suffering and sin that would be surprising in a moral imbecile and most surprising in More himself . Related terms |
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