Disempower

//dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 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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