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disempowerment, n.
Brit. |ˌdɪsɪmˈpaʊəm(ə)nt|, |ˌdɪsɛmˈpaʊəm(ə)nt|, U.S. |ˌdɪsəmˈpaʊərm(ə)nt|, |ˌdɪsɛmˈpaʊərm(ə)nt|
[‹ dis- prefix + empowerment n., after disempower v.]
A state of powerlessness; the act of depriving a person or group of power.
1971Jrnl. Ecumenical Stud. 8 i. 62 The root of human difficulty lies in a collective, largely self-imposed, disempowerment. 1973Public Admin. Rev. 33 530/1 The strategies alluded to as continuing education are aimed at..disempowerment of the individual because they merely seek to transform him into a more productive and harmonious employee. 1990L. H. Tribe Abortion 93 The Court recognized the grotesque disempowerment that could occur if the choice of whether to beget a child were transferred from the individual to the state. 1991Daughters of Sarah July–Aug. 24/2 Do we perpetuate women's disempowerment in our approach to alcoholism as a ‘disease’ over which women alcoholics are ‘powerless’? 2005Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 June 16 Labour's disempowerment of civic Britain has left central government saddled with responsibilities. |