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disempower

[ dis-em-pou-er ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of influence, importance, etc.:

    Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.



disempower

/ ˌɪɪˈ貹ʊə /

verb

  1. tr to deprive (a person) of power or authority
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈǷɱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱e·Ƿİ·Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disempower1

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- 1 + empower
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So just to summarize that briefly, it was both an attempt to foreground more right-wing voices, accidentally or otherwise, and an attempt to disempower or undercut more traditional forms of media.

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Rudalevige explained that even though the Supreme Court has generally been friendly to Trump during his previous administration, he sees no signs in recent court opinions that the justices intend to disempower Congress to the degree that Musk and Ramaswamy want.

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If someone genuinely wishes to reform bureaucracies — as opposed to simply disempower them for the sake of enabling one political party's agenda to win over another's — the best way to do so is make sure they remain reflective of the people they are supposed to serve.

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One way for Harris to appease those donors would be to signal that she’ll disempower Khan in her administration.

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Even as unrecognized tribes work to assert their inherent sovereignty, settler structures serve to disempower us.

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