单词 | unpowerfulness |
释义 | > as lemmasunˈpowerfulness unˈpowerfulness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [noun] un-i-waldeOE impotencea1420 debility1525 unpowerfulness1625 impuissance1645 imprevalencea1656 imprevalencya1656 impuissancy1701 weakness1838 1625 A. Darcie tr. P. de Bellegent in tr. W. Camden Hist. Elizabeth French Ep. Ded. sig. a 4 It lies meerely in their owne vnpowerfulnesse, that they doe not ouerthrow his..Empire. 1994 J. Curra Understanding Social Deviance xv. 477 Legitimating ‘Unpowerfulness’... Many people come to believe in the legitimacy of the system and its particular distribution of scarce resources (including power) because of work by the powerful in society. < as lemmas |
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