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Disempower
//dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To strip power from (someone or some group), as:; To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
"A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia."
- 2 To strip power from (someone or some group), as:; To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
"The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy."
Etymology
From dis- + empower.
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