empowerment

English

Etymology

empower +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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Noun

empowerment (plural empowerments)

The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
(South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

Derived terms

youth empowerment
(South Africa) black economic empowerment

Translations

granting of power

Catalan: apoderament (ca) m
Estonian: volitus (et), volitamine (et)
Finnish: valtuuttaminen (fi), valtuutus (fi), voimaantuminen, valtaistuminen
French: autonomisation (fr)
German: Empowerment (de) n, Ermächtigung (de) f, Bevollmächtigung f

Maori: whakamanatanga
Norwegian: fullmakt, myndighet
Portuguese: empoderamento m
Spanish: empoderamiento (es) m
Swedish: kraftfrigörelse

state of being empowered

Arabic: تمكين‎
Esperanto: plenpovo
Estonian: võimestus, võimestumine

Maori: whakamanatanga
Portuguese: empoderamento m

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