Synonyms for disempower
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Verb
1. Demoralize — to strip power from (someone or some group), as, To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some…
demoralize UK US, demoralise UK, dishearten, demotivate, enervate, dispirit
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Definitions
- v. 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.
Related words
- Word family
- disenergize
Forms
- Past participle
- disempowered
e.g. disempowered → demoralized, disheartened, demotivated, enervated…
Example sentences
- demotivate You don't allow challenging circumstances to demotivate you.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disempower | rising | |
| dishearten | steady | |
| demotivate | rising | |
| enervate | steady | |
| dispirit | steady | |
| disestablish | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- enervate, dispirit
- 10 letters
- demoralize4, demoralise, dishearten, demotivate
- 12 letters
- disestablish
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demoralize4 = 4 syllables).