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disempowerment

disempowerment noun: the act of disempowering.

Noun

disempowerment (countable and uncountable, plural disempowerments)

  1. (countable) The act of disempowering
  2. (uncountable) The condition of being disempowered; powerlessness

Forms of disempowerment

pluraldisempowerments

Origin of disempowerment

From dis- + empowerment.

Questions about disempowerment

What does disempowerment mean?
Disempowerment means the act of disempowering.
What part of speech is disempowerment?
Disempowerment is a noun.
What is the plural of disempowerment?
The plural of disempowerment is disempowerments.

Words near disempowerment in the dictionary

  1. disemploys
  2. disempower
  3. disempowered
  4. disempowering
  5. disempoweringly
  6. disempowerment
  7. disempowerments
  8. disempowers
  9. disemvowel
  10. disemvoweled
  11. disemvoweling

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