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disenfranchised grief  

Definition

  • Disenfranchised grief is defined as that emotion which people experience when they incur a personal loss that is not openly acknowledged, socially sanctioned, or publicly mourned. The term has been thoroughly explored in two books by that same title and is a generally accepted concept within the literature on grief. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Disenfranchised Grief]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-D794W3LM-N

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