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disempower

verb
/dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From dis- + empower.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. prefixed as empower — “en + power”
  6. prefixed as disempower — “dis + empower”

Definitions

  1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as

    To strip power from (someone or some group), as:

    • A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.

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Derived

disempowerment

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