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disempower
[ dis-em-pou-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of influence, importance, etc.:
Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
disempower
/ ˌɪɪˈ貹ʊə /
verb
- tr to deprive (a person) of power or authority
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈǷɱԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 徱e·Ƿİ·Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of disempower1
Example Sentences
You can push toward private schools, and you can disempower public schools.
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.
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.
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.
One way for Harris to appease those donors would be to signal that she’ll disempower Khan in her administration.
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