disempower
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
Verb
disempower (third-person singular simple present disempowers, present participle disempowering, simple past and past participle disempowered)
- To remove confidence from (someone) to do something.
- 1990, Editors: Tim Brighouse and Bob Moon, Managing the National Curriculum, Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, page 97:
- A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.
- 1990, Editors: Tim Brighouse and Bob Moon, Managing the National Curriculum, Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, page 97:
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