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Disfranchisement
Disfranchisement, also called disenfranchisement, is the deprivation of the right to vote by law, purge, or practical barrier. Covers US poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, the Voting Rights Act, felony disenfranchisement, and international comparison.
Disfrutar
Disfrutar, Catalan for "to enjoy," is a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Barcelona opened in 2014 by three former elBulli chefs, named the world's best restaurant in 2024.
Disgaea (魔界戦記ディスガイア)
Disgaea (魔界戦記ディスガイア) is Nippon Ichi Software's tactical RPG series, first released on PS2 in 2003, known for Netherworld demon casts, 9,999-plus level caps, reincarnation, and the Item World; Disgaea Mayhem (2026) is an action spin-off.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (魔界戦記ディスガイア)
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (魔界戦記ディスガイア) is Nippon Ichi's 2003 PlayStation 2 tactical RPG, first in the Disgaea series. Laharl claims the Netherworld throne; level cap 9999, Item World, Dark Assembly; PSP, DS, and Complete re-releases.
Disgorgement
Disgorgement is a gain-based monetary remedy stripping wrongdoers of profits from unlawful conduct, unlike damages. Covers US securities enforcement (Kokesh, Liu, Sripetch 2026), antitrust, contract and fiduciary law, and comparative UK-EU approaches.
Disgrace
Disgrace (1999) is J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel about David Lurie, a disgraced Cape Town professor, and his daughter Lucy on an Eastern Cape farm in post-apartheid South Africa; not the Finnish death metal band, the play Disgraced, or Robin Patchen's novel.
Disgrace of Gijón
Disgrace of Gijón: the 25 June 1982 World Cup match at El Molinón, Gijón, where West Germany beat Austria 1-0 (Nichtangriffspakt von Gijón), both teams stopped competing, Algeria was eliminated, and FIFA mandated simultaneous final group kickoffs from 1986.
Disgregation
Disgregation is a thermodynamic quantity introduced by Rudolf Clausius in 1862 as a measure of the separation of the parts of a body, and a component of the entropy he defined in 1865.
Disguised Toast
Disguised Toast (Jeremy Wang), Canadian streamer and founder-owner of the esports org Disguised (DSG, 2023). Hearthstone and Among Us creator; Facebook Gaming deal 2019, Twitch return 2021; ~$1M invested; LCS 2026 via promotion.
Disguised unemployment
Disguised unemployment is hidden joblessness in which people hold jobs but could be withdrawn without reducing total output, a term coined by Joan Robinson in 1936.
Disgust
Disgust is a basic human emotion of revulsion and avoidance, classically defined as food-related revulsion at oral incorporation of offensive objects; it extends to moral disgust, shows insula-based neural markers, varies across cultures, and resists extinction in OCD.
Disgusting (album)
Disgusting is the 2014 debut album by American metalcore band Beartooth, released June 10 on Red Bull Records; Caleb Shomo played all instruments, and it spawned the Gold single "In Between."
Dish Network
Dish Network, formally DISH Network Corporation, is an American satellite television service that began operating in 1996 as a rival to DirecTV and is now part of EchoStar.
Dish TV
Dish TV, also known as Dish TV India, is a direct-to-home satellite television service in India, launched in 2003 as the country's first DTH platform.
Disha Parmar
Disha Parmar (दिशा परमार), born 1994 in Delhi, is an Indian TV actress known as Pankhuri in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai and Priya in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 and 3; wife of singer Rahul Vaidya, ITA Best Actress 2022.
Disha Patani (दिशा पटानी)
Disha Patani (दिशा पाटनी), Indian actress born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh; Telugu debut Loafer (2015), Hindi breakthrough as Priyanka Jha in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016, IIFA Best Female Debut); later Baaghi 2, Kalki 2898 AD, and a 2026 Hollywood debut opposite Kevin Spacey.
Disha Vakani (દિશા વકાની)
Disha Vakani (दिशा वकानी, દિશા વકાની), born 1978 in Ahmedabad, is an Indian actress, daughter of Gujarati theatre figure Bhim Vakani, famous as Dayaben of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–2017/2020 cameo).
Dishonored
Dishonored (Arkane Studios, Bethesda, 2012) is a first-person immersive sim set in plague-ridden Dunwall, where Corvo Attano's Outsider powers, Chaos system, nonlethal options, DLC, sequels, and over 100 Game of the Year awards define the series.
Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 is Arkane Studios' 2016 first-person stealth-action sequel (Bethesda Softworks), released November 11, 2016 on PC, PS4, Xbox One. Players choose Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano in Karnaca; Metascore 86 PC, 88 PS4; praised level design, troubled PC launch.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is Arkane's 2017 standalone stealth game for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, following Billie Lurk and Daud's quest to kill the Outsider after Dishonored 2, with Void-drawn powers and five missions.
Dishoom (दिशूम)
Dishoom (ढिशुम) is a 2016 Hindi action comedy directed by Rohit Dhawan, starring John Abraham and Varun Dhawan as cops rescuing a kidnapped Indian cricketer before an India-Pakistan match; it earned 63.39 crore in India.
Dishwasher
A dishwasher, also called a dishwashing machine, is a kitchen appliance that cleans, rinses, and dries dishware and utensils by recirculating water and detergent through spray arms.
Dishwashing liquid
Dishwashing liquid, also called washing-up liquid or dish soap, is a detergent for hand dishwashing whose surfactants lift grease and food residue from dishes, glassware, and cookware.
Disiloxane
Disiloxane, also called disilyl ether, is the simplest siloxane, a volatile compound of two silyl groups joined by one oxygen atom and the parent of the siloxane series.
Disinfectant
A disinfectant, or disinfecting agent, is a substance that destroys or irreversibly inactivates bacteria, fungi, and viruses on inanimate surfaces, though not always bacterial spores.
Disinfection by-products
Disinfection by-products (DBPs) are contaminants formed when disinfectants such as chlorine react with organic matter in drinking water; the US EPA limits trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids.
Disinflation
Disinflation is a decrease in the rate of inflation, so prices keep rising but more slowly, unlike deflation, a sustained fall in prices that can raise unemployment.
Disinformation
Disinformation is deliberately false or misleading information spread to deceive or harm, distinguished from misinformation by intent. Traced to Soviet dezinformatsiya and active measures; now studied via detection methods and countered by UNESCO and EU codes.
Disinherited
Disinherited is an upcoming FX crime drama created by Peter Gould of Better Call Saul, starring Victoria Pedretti and Kiera Allen as sisters pulled into generational wealth and buried crimes by an unexpected inheritance; ordered to series in March 2026, expected 2027.
Disinhibited social engagement disorder
Disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED), formerly disinhibited RAD or ICD-10 disinhibited attachment disorder, is a childhood disorder of indiscriminate sociability toward strangers after severe neglect, diagnosable from 9 months, distinct from autism and RAD.